'Ufalls
short of
minority
goals
Though ten years have passed since
the University first made a commit-
ment to 10 percent black enrollment,
that figure still has not been achieved.
Minority recruitment and retention
concerns both student and ad-
ministrative leaders, though how to
attain the goal remains a matter of
contention.
A report this year by the Michigan
Student Assembly recommended a
decentralized minority retention
program, while associate vice
president for academic affairs Niara
i Sudarkasa favors a centralized office
approach. Sudardasa is the ad-
ministator responsible for cam-
pus/minority affairs.
While debate continues, problems
remain. Blacks on campus are under-
represented in most major student
groups and often feel isolated from
the non-black community here. Asian-
Americans have been the victims of
vandalism and racial slurs, and anti-
semitic graffiti flourishes in the
stairwells of classroom buildings and
on the exteriors of fraternities and
sororities with largely Jewish mem-
bership. - Rob Earle
TheMichigan Daily, Summer, 1986- Page5
Colleges team-
up to attract
minorities
By ELLEN FIEDELHOLTZ
A partnership between the
University and a small liberal arts
school in Detroit may bring more
minorities to campus.-
Students participating in the new
program, which was announced
by University officials last week,
will spend 2 years at Marygrove
College before coming to the
University. Here, they will enroll
for either 2 or 3 years, depending
on their academic program.
POSSIBLE schools and colleges
for these students include
engineering, nursing, pharmacy,
natural resources and dental
hygiene.
Graduates will recieve a degree
from both schools. Marygrove
students must have completed 90
hours of classes and maintained a
3.2 grade point average to be
eligible for the Two Degree Oppor-
tunity Program.
Although the program is open to
whites, Marygrove's 70 percent
minority enrollment will probably
channel more minorities to the
University.
THE University has struggled
throughout the past decade to
raise black enrollment to ten per-
cent. Blacks now make up 5.2 per-
cent of University students.
"The whole idea of a major
research university working with.
a community college is a good one,
and could have a definite impact
on mimority enrollment," said Vir-
ginia Nordby, director of the Univer-
sity's office of Affirmative Action.
According to Assistant Vice
President for Academic Affairs
Robert Holmes, "the program will
allow students to ease into their
college education. They will begin
at a small, private liberal arts
college, where they can adapt to
campus life and also take a broad
program of liberal arts courses
with careful preparation in the
basics."
"Students will receive the best
of a good small private arts
college and also the best of what
the University has to offer," he
added.
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