Stanford is amongst the most conservative institutions in the country, almost in league with the University of Chicago. The Hoover Institute is there too, come to think of it, which is a pretty good bellwether of the host institution, as many if not all of the scholars there are also Stanford faculty. Just because it sits in Northern California/Bay Area does not bespeak any measure of progressivism, sadly. It is perfectly consistent with Stanford’s culture not to have many Latinos (or Blacks for that matter) on campus, especially at the faculty ranks. Last I heard it had 1.5% Black faculty. There may be a higher Latino presence at the faculty level due to California demographics, but I would be surprised if it were higher than 2%. That is ridiculous, although many of its peer schools aren’t much different. Further, It is hard to imagine that the Board of Trustees is open to having more, as they are the ones who call the shots, not the human resource people. Look up who they are and the low numbers make sense. It might as well be the Koch Brothers all over again.