VOL. 101, NO. 34
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAI.
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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 are underrepresented in the college 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
All of 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 1899, 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 doctor," 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 nitrates at low, 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 to 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 cultural identity, 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 intentions 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. 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.
"A MU, we use the term minority and Black almost interchangeably," he said. "Occasionally, the Black students and staff let their concerns
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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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aid. "All these people are
ney are brainwashing the
But most of them don't
Soviet people generally are ic about the future, he said how have the freedom to do like," Notkin said. "Schools ose their curriculum and s. My students also haveeedoms. They can discuss, et and make declarations in
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Γ. Alexander, KU professor of said Notkin was an open and speaker and that he enjoyed jokes
may be surprised that I will jokes, but political jokes are anise to the censorship of our speech and illustrate the fate of a problem.
nder said he thought it was, how quickly Glasnost had changes in the Soviet Union. amazing how fast Glasnost ned everything up. "Alexan- der said she," Five or 10 years ago. I think I would see these s in my lifetime."
; ; ; ; orums coordinator for
Union Activities, said one
Vokkin was chosen to lecture
on the history of his
city in the Soviet Union.
as surprised that his television was not censored, and he told he did not receive criticism to government," he said.
said he did not think a govern- official from the Soviet Union was able to present a sive of the Soviet Union as an Notkin.
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fight for gay and lesbian
her the 1987 mar com a-
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yfers. GLOSK members will cut tiers in the Kansas Union the history of gay and lesbianism in Washington. GLOSK will show a historical entary at 17:30 p.m. meet-
rs said she would encourage to "come out of the closet"
people don't realize how many are gay," she said.
I are gay" she said,
says she fought every day life for the end of discrimina-
and the scenes it's an every-occess," she said. "You just iredy."
at can Chancellor (Gene A.) do when a portion of the tsill feel this way?" Jackson