Adjust brightness Details page 6 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Friday December 4,1987 Vol.98,No.72 Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas (USPS 650-640) Black enrollment drop at KU is part of trend Bv MARK TILFORD By MARK TILFORD Staff writer While overall enrollment continues to increase at the University of Kansas, black student enrollment has decreased 9 percent from last fall and 15 percent from the fall of 1981. University of Kansas figures show. Black student enrollment is at 716 students this semester. Blacks now make up 2.7 percent of the overall enrollment, the future show. The figures reflect students enrolled at the Lawrence campus, the Capitol Complex in Topeka and the Regents Center in Overland Park. They do not include students at central centers in Kansas City or Wichita. Since last fall, overall KU enrollment has increased by 2.4 percent. "It's significant," said Marshall Jackson, assistant director of admissions at KU. "That's a big drop. I wasn't expecting that big of a drop." were expecting Jackson Jackson said he didn't think most KU officials had taken real notice of the drop. The problem, he said, reflects a national trend of decreasing black employment. But the problem has not been ignored, according to other KU officials. "Have we taken cognizance of it? You bet we've taken cognizance of it," said David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs. Ambler said the current economy and federal budget were part of the problem. For example, two-thirds of a student's financial aid package in the past often comprised grants and scholarships, which do not have to be paid back. Now two-thirds of a financial aid package often comes from loans and work. Ambler said. That greater financial burden puts more of a strain on minor students. One change designed to help minority students, Ambler said, has been to change the immediate supervisor of the office of minority affairs. The director now reports directly to Ambler's office. That puts the office more in touch with student concerns, Ambler said. The office previously reported to the office of the executive vice chancellor. Administrators also are working to find a new director of minority affairs, Vernell Spearman, the director, is stepping down for personal reasons. That selection should be made after reviewing all of the spring semester. Amber said. "It is a very tragic thing." Spearman said of the enrollment drop. "I was not expecting a drop that large. It means that we must certainly increase our recruiting efforts." Also, Ambler said, a new admissions staff member recently has been placed at the Regents Center to help with recruiting students from the Kansas City area. Chancellor Gene A. Budig and Executive Vice Chancellor Judith Ramaley are looking closely at the decrease, Ambler said. "It doesn't come as too much of a shock, but it doesn't lessen the worry about it," he said. Other people have other reasons for KU's decline Richard Lee, director of KU Supportive Educational Services, said that tighter out-of-state admissions requirements also were discouraging blacks from coming to KU. "The parents of a black student approached me at a meeting the other day and asked, 'Is KU working toward the elimination of black students?' " Lee said. Brian Dougherty, Black Student Union president, said the atmosphere of an predominantly white campus of universities to students a reason not to come to UCU. Ambler said that expanding KU's orientation program to include programs emphasizing cultural diversity helped the university hoped to take in the future. "It's a continuing concern to the University," Ambler said. Concern about black enrollment also exists at KU's five peer institutions. See ENROLL, p. 6, col. 1 State may hire staff to help with health plan SALE $999 VIVITAR 1800 Electronic Flash AMBICO 200A Hot shot flash for most 35mm cameras. 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