Government Steps Up Campaign Against Business School Diversity

In the mid-1990s, Denise Loyd was a civil engineer and project manager on big construction projects. The work was challenging, but she found herself increasingly fascinated by office dynamics—especially as one of very few women in construction management. “My male colleagues, not in an obnoxious way, mostly interacted with me through the lens in which they were used to interacting with women,” she says. They’d treat her like a secretary or their wife or daughter, “but not as much as a peer.” This was particularly interesting to Loyd, because she’s also Black and, as she puts it, “my race was ...