THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAI.
VOL. 101, NO. 34
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
DATE HISTORICAL
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THURSDAY, 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 make up about one-fifth of the rollout of 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 or KU'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.
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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 minors 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 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 culture, but 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 it was making inroads 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
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<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. NU</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></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 camps.
"We feel like our results are gratifying but are still not satisfying." Smith said.
"includes undergraduate and graduate students."
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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Soviet people generally are able to about the future, he said. now have the freedom to do like," Notkin said. "Schools owe their curriculum and s. My students also have eededs. They can discuss, ct and make declarations in
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may be surprised that I will jokes, but political jokes are one to the censorship of our books and illustrate the problem of a problem.
F. Alexander, KU professor of said Notkin was an open and speaker and that he enjoyed jokes
nder said he thought it was; how quickly Glasnost had changes in the Soviet Union. amazing how fast Glasnost med everything up," Alexander. "Now the Soviet press is annoying me again, ago. I think I would see these in my life."
Hull, forums coordinator for Union Activities, said one Jokkin was chosen to lecture at the university of his city in the Soviet Union.
is surprised that his television as not censored, and he told t he did not receive criticism we government," he said.
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he did not think a govern-
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have been able to present a
bearer of the Soviet Union as
Notkin.
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aw in the nast decade."
tion
iyL GLOSK members will wintfers in the Kansas University the history of gay and lesbian res in Washington. GLOSK will show a historical ternary at its 7:30 p.m. meet
fight for gay and lesbian
ut Day
ars said she would encourage e to "come out of the closet"
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people don't realize how many are gay," she said. ursaid she fought every day life for the end of discrimination
hind the scenes it's an every- process," she said. "You just everyday."
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ents still feel this way?' Jackson