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…The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 10, 2001 - 7A Continued from Page 1A leaders in the programs are diverse, she added. "We think students respond to the programs very, very favorably," Taylor…
… population, and the fact that we have so few students here is kind of problematic," said Steven Abbott, student services associate for multiethnic student affairs. "Hopefully we can get more outreach programs…
… going." Programs are in place to establish contact with students at tribal colleges; other programs are "Student groups really need to play a pretty large role" in recruitment, Abbott said. Students…
… already established on campus can give potential students a picture of what opportunities are available at the University and what the campus climate is. "It is very, very difficult for people to leave…
… their home community," Abbott said, adding that many American Indian students come from places with a strong sense of family and commu- nity. "It is a unique challenge ... to leave their community to come…

















































