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Thursday, October 13, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
RECRUITING MINORITIES
Haskell students get KU training
By Debbie McMahon
Kanean staff writer
Kansan staff writer
The field of child welfare needs American Indians to help American Indians.
And the School of Social Welfare is trying to help meet that need by training students of Haskell Indian Junior College.
John Poerter, associate professor of sociology at the University, said that because he lacks an American social worker, he worked to get funding for the Native American community in his neighborhood.
Funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to Haskell from Haskell bacharé's degree from KU in social welfare, specifically in child welfare, specifically in autism and some additional issues.
Poertner said he thought the close proximity of KU and Haskell would enable the two schools to work together to solve a problem that began in 1978.
In 1978, the federal government turned the responsibility of Native American children to the tribes for all social welfare work. "Poertermann was a strong supporter of train Native Americans to do social welfare for their own tribes."
Plan lets American Indians earn social welfare degrees
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Gail Sloan, director of career planning at Haskell, said that about a dozen of the approximately 800 Haskell students come to KU each year.
The $24,930 grant supports seven students at the University of Kansas, he said.
However, not many students from Haskell are interested in coming to KU. Gail Sloan, director of career planning at Haskell, said that about a dozen of the approximately 380 students come to KU each year.
Tracie Morris, Teleco, Okla,
senior, is one of them. She said some
Haskell students had a difficult time
adjusting to the KU campus
"I never saw anyone from KU at Kau." Morris said. "I knew KU was here. But it was like KU and Haskell were rivals."
Last year Morris was hired part-
time by the School of Social Welfare
to speak with Haskell students about
what the school could offer.
"I tried to make KU look realistic, I look attainable, I said," Haskell kids need is encouragement from former Haskell students who have graduated
"People can tell you what a school is, but like, but they are in your shoes, they won't be very convincing."
American Indians have a common bond, so they would be able to understand and help each other in social welfare, she said.
She said that she met with students individually instead of using the
formal atmosphere of Haskell's Career Day. She doesn't really try to recruit but instead makes American students go to college and the complexities of admissions.
Another former Haskell student who also is in the child welfare program is Donald Mzhickteno, Lawrence senior.
He said he was concerned about social problems when he visited his reservation in Red Rock, OKla., and helped more than an outsider could.
"They use their own values when making judgments, and a lot of times they're wrong. "Mzhizkteno said. "I just feel like I can help my tribe and others by working in the field and doing my little part.
"I would know them better and understand the culture better than outsiders."
He said he had lived in Lawrence and had respect for KU as a learning institution. The program that Poerter began was a deciding factor.
"When the opportunity came up, I decided to take it," he said. "Everything is working out pretty good."
Enrollment for some minorities increasing
Figures for KU blacks down, however
By James Farquhar Kansan staff writer
"Total enrollment has stabilized for the first time in a long time," Del Brinkman, vice chancellor for academic affairs, said last week.
To administrators try to slow KU's five-year enrollment rise and at the same time increase the percentage of minority students, tabulation of this fall's enrolment figures brought good news and bad news.
Better yet, the total number of minority students increased by 57, according to statistics released last week by university relations. The number of Hispanics, American Indians and American Asians all increased.
The bad news is that for the second year, the class enrollment declined. About 14 percent fewer blacks attend KU than two years ago. For the fall semester, KU had a lower average.
Many blacks at the University said they were not surprised at the trend. Hosta Drousta, KU director of media communications, said conversations she had with blacks in
Kansas, the lack of financial aid offered to minorities and the University's social climate contributed to the decline.
"Racism is usually perceived by blacks as being more black directed than for any other group," she said.
She said the reason black enrollment declined while other minority groups increased was because blacks were more likely to reason than other minority groups.
M. Wayne Webb, Shawnee senior, and last year's president of the Black History Museum, proclaimed that black enrollment was down, and he predicted that it would continue.
"Many times minority students get lost at KU." Webb said. "And when you're not comfortable, you're not going to do well scholastically."
Webb said black enrollment decreases were tough to reverse once started.
"When students have a bad impression of KU, they'll go back and tell their friends that they don't like it. When students have the toughest things to overcome."
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