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    What the new, vastly expanded academy membership could mean for the Oscars

    by Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times Jun 26, 2018 3 minutes

    What would real change at the Oscars look like?

    Three years into its diversity initiative aimed at doubling the number of women and minorities in its ranks by 2020, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has now added nearly 2,400 members, including this year's record class of 928 invitees.

    It's not a stretch to say that today's motion picture academy - now consisting of more women (31 percent, up 6 percent since 2015) and people of color (16 percent, double the number three years ago) - has been altered significantly.

    However, that change has yet

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