The Michigan Daily - Thursday, June 2, 1983- Page 13
EONS gives students new chance
By KELLY SCHULZ
Almost thirty years ago, Eleanor
Krause dropped out of Beaver Women's
College in Philadelphia after a poor
academic year because she couldn't af-
ford the tuition.
Krause couldn't seem to find the time
to get her degree, despite her family's
encouragement to complete her
education. But four years ago, she
decided she wanted to finish school.
TODAY KRAUSE IS a University
graduate through the help of the
Educational Opportunities for Non-
traditional Students program (EONS),
which admits students like Krause who
have had poor academic records in the
past and couldn't get back into school.
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have made the school successful in at-
tracting black students.
The school recently adopted a
national grant program for graduate
minority students to help boost black
student enrollment. (See related story.)
The school also increased recruiting
efforts, sending business admissions
staff across the country to encourage
potential black and minority applicants
to enroll, she said.
"WE ALSO try to remain sensitive to
the fact that the arm of the (business)
school is a major marketing arm of the
University in recruiting black studen-
k ts," Goodman said. "We remember
The seven-year-old program currently
has 17 students enrolled, most of whom
attended college before. EONS students
must be at least 21 years old, and must
have had at least a three year break in
their education.
"The best EONS people are folks who
were in courses that were college prep,
but they were just not motivated," says
Marilyn McKinney, former EONS
director.
WHILE THE TRADITIONAL
student's high school grade point
average is 3.4 upon entering the
University, EONS students' average
high school GPA is only 1.96. But
McKinney says this doesn't mean
anybody can get into the program.
"EONS looks like we open the door
for everyone, and that is not true," she
says.
For admission, students must submit
an explanation of their poor academic
record, their accomplishments, their
academic and career goals, and two
recommendations. They must also take
a college aptitude test.
A COMMITTEE of four admissions
counselors and one faculty member
reviews the information and decides if
the candidate can be admitted.
Of the 57 students admitted since the
program began, 15 have graduated, and
23 have withdrawn.
Despite the low number of graduates,
EONS' coordinators call it a success
and want to expand the program, ad-
ding that only four of the students who
withdrew dropped out for academic
reasons.
MOST STUDENTS leave the EONS
program because of "personal circum-
stances" such as financial troubles -
EONS students don't get any special
scholarships - or moves away from
Ann Arbor, says associate admissions
Director Lance Erickson.
The program isn't well advertised,
but admissions counselors say this con-
tributes to the program's success - the
people admitted are those who are
brave enough to try for admission even
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schools battle
that each day as we are working."
Black student enrollment in the
School of Dentistry also dropped in the
past five years. In 1982 there were no
undergraduate black students enrolled
in the school. And the four black studen-
ts who were enrolled in 1978 dropped out
in the following five years.
Graduate dentistry programs, since
1978 however, have gained only two
black students.
AN ADMISSIONS counselor for the
Dentistry School, Lee Jones, said the
University's graduate dentistry
program has the third largest black
student enrollment in the nation. But
the undergraduate programs, have
black enrollment drops
fallen significantly, said Jones.
The success of the graduate dentistry
programs is a result of recruiting effor-
ts and scholarships exclusively for
black students, Jones said.
The Opportunity Award Program and
the Disadvantaged Students Fund are
key factors which allowed the school of
graduate 92 percent of the black
graduate students which ranks with the
95 percent graduation rate for non-
black students.
BOTH THE Dentistry and business
schools have "buddy systems" and
workshops for undergraduate minority
students to help them adjust.
The most important constraint,
however, on increasing black student
enrollment is the recent shortage of
financial aid. There are several grants
which subsidize the first year of school,
but many students cannot afford the
rest of their education, Jones said.
The Medical, Engineering School and
Music schools all increased their black
enrollment. But LSA, the schools of
Natural Resources, Education and Ar-
chitecture and Urban planning had
significant drops in black student
enrollment since 1978, losing nearly 500
students.
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