Air Force Academy

Gender and Racial Disparities Gao ID: NSIAD-93-244 September 24, 1993

As part of an ongoing series of GAO reports on the treatment of women and minorities at the three service academies, this report deals with disparities at the Air Force Academy. GAO discusses (1) differences in performance indicators between men and women and between whites and minorities, (2) cadets' perceptions of the fairness of the treatment that female and minority cadets receive, and (3) actions that the Academy has taken to enhance the success of women and minorities at the Academy.

GAO found that: (1) performance indicators for male and female cadets show mixed results; (2) a majority of performance indicators show that whites do better than minorities; (3) cadets believe that women and minorities generally receive treatment equal to that of men and whites; (4) the Academy has taken a number of steps that should help women and minorities succeed at the Academy; (5) the Academy does not have a consolidated database to analyze changes in student performance indicators; (6) the Academy has not established criteria for determining when performance differences are significant; and (7) the Academy has not documented specific actions it has taken or plans to take to implement prior equal opportunity recommendations.

Recommendations

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