VOL.101.NO.34
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAI.
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
HURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1990
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KU's minority percentage eighth among peer schools
By Holly M. Neuman
Kansan staff writer
KU ranks eighth out of 11 Big Eight universities and peer institutions in percentage of minority students enrolled, according to enrollment figures released in the past year by the schools.
According to figures released Oct. 1 by the KU department of educational services, KU minority students have 38% of their full-time enrollment at the University of Kansas
The University of Oklahoma's 12.8 percent minor enrollment in Fall 1990 ranks highest among the 11 universities.
The University of Nebraska has the lowest percentage of minority students of the 11 universities at 4.2 percent.
an at RU's five peer institutions rank higher than KU in percentage of minority enrollment Peer institutions are the University of Oregon, the university of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Iowa, the university of Colorado and the University of Oklahoma.
Peer schools are similar to KU in size and mission, with the states being similar demographically, economically and in the manner that their systems of higher education are organized.
Phil Reid, adviser and admissions officer at the University of Oregon, said new minority programs were being formed at the university.
In Fall 1989. Oregon's minority enrollment was 8.3 percent, which ranks fifth of the 11 schools. Figures for Fall 1990 are not yet available.
"I've watched the number of minorities grow over the seven years I've been here as a student and then a graduate," he said. "We have a promising future."
Jean Lawrence, assistant to the registrar at the University of Iowa, said a program targeted toward minority recruitment called "Opportunity at Iowa" had increased the number of minority students at the university.
Iowa ranks sixth among the 11 schools with 7.5 percent minority enrollment.
"It is hard to recruit very many minorities at Iowa, because there are not as many urban areas to draw from." Lawrence said. "It is hard to find the people if you don't have the city or the closest city we have is Chicago."
Bob Bergman, who works in the Office of Institutional Research and Planning at Iowa State University, said the university was attempting to increase diversity on campus, which is in Ames.
"The Ames community is not as sensitive to minorities as it should be." he said. "It is not just an issue of sexual harassment, it is also based on sexual persuasion."
Bergman said that hate crimes had increased in the community and at the university but that he hoped the university was making intends to change that.
"We are making a real attempt to make students more receptive to the opportunities available to them concerning diversity," he said
Gary Smith, director of admissions and the registrar at the University of
Minority enrollment at Big 8 and Peer Institutions*
<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Black</th><th>Hispanic</th><th>American Indian</th><th>Asian-American</th><th>Minority enrollment</th><th>Percent minority</th><th>Total enrollment</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1. OU</td><td>958</td><td>354</td><td>598</td><td>550</td><td>2,460</td><td>12.8</td><td>19,246</td></tr><tr><td>2. N. Carolina</td><td>2,060</td><td>201</td><td>142</td><td>631</td><td>3,034</td><td>12.7</td><td>23,852</td></tr><tr><td>3. CU</td><td>472</td><td>1,297</td><td>167</td><td>1,196</td><td>3,132</td><td>12.4</td><td>25,176</td></tr><tr><td>4. OSU</td><td>465</td><td>166</td><td>715</td><td>276</td><td>1,622</td><td>9.0</td><td>18,000</td></tr><tr><td>5. Oregon (89)</td><td>217</td><td>294</td><td>143</td><td>820</td><td>1,474</td><td>8.3</td><td>17,818</td></tr><tr><td>6. Iowa</td><td>782</td><td>453</td><td>77</td><td>781</td><td>2,093</td><td>7.5</td><td>28,045</td></tr><tr><td>7. MU</td><td>909</td><td>187</td><td>74</td><td>341</td><td>1,511</td><td>6.1</td><td>24,972</td></tr><tr><td>8. KU</td><td>644</td><td>424</td><td>158</td><td>521</td><td>1,747</td><td>6.0</td><td>28,909</td></tr><tr><td>9. KSU</td><td>519</td><td>308</td><td>63</td><td>210</td><td>1,100</td><td>5.7</td><td>19,367</td></tr><tr><td>10. ISU (89)</td><td>640</td><td>268</td><td>30</td><td>353</td><td>1,291</td><td>5.1</td><td>25,489</td></tr><tr><td>11. NU</td><td>440</td><td>280</td><td>65</td><td>249</td><td>1,034</td><td>4.2</td><td>24,453</td></tr></tbody></table>
source: Kansan reporter
Missouri at Columbia, said the university was making stronger attempts to attract minorities to campus.
"We feel like our results are gratifying but are still not satisfying." Smith said.
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Smith said that Missouri's primary goal was to attract Black students, faculty and staff to the university.
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"At MU, we use the term minority and Black almost interchangeably," he said. "Occasionally, the Black students and staff tell their concerns
be known. The numbers are growing, but not at a rate satisfying to them or us."
Smith said the university stepped up recruitment to try to attract more Black role models to the campus.
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