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Wednesday, December 6; 1989 / University Daily Kansan
Minority recruitment services short on cohesion
By Jennifer Metz Kansan staff writer
This is the second article in a series about the problems of recruitment and retention of minority students.
More than 30 minority recruitment and retention services are offered at the University of Kansas, but the programs lack a single University coordinator for the services.
Marshall Jackson, interim director of the Office of Minority Affairs, said these efforts needed to be institutionalized for more effective action. He said the Kind of sanction by an official University unit.
"It is the first attempt to institutionalize change." Jackson said.
the said coordination was needed because each group was doing its own thing.
"It's a key problem," Jackson said. "We need to make the best use of our resources because many of the groups are aiming for the same students."
Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor,
said, "When we don't coordinate them, they
literally."
She said it was important for the different groups to share information and ideas so the efforts would add up effectively.
Chico Herbison, assistant director of admissions for the office of admissions, said he was putting together a program in which he would
form a committee of representatives from each recruitment and retention group. He said he would like to coordinate the group by the end of this month.
The Minority Affairs Task Force Report states that "the University must begin a coherent program of minority recruitment and retention. We believe that a coherent program is more likely to result if a single high-level designated and charged with facilitation of it."
Members of the Black Men of Today, formerly the Black Male Forum, said they still were seeking channels for the University to listen to their plan, which involved having an administrator coordinate the various programs.
Darren Fulcher, member of the Black Men of Today, said group members did not feel that the administration was sensitive enough to their concerns, which he said were the concerns of all minority students.
It took the task force more than a year to look at minority recruitment and retention problems, he said. Now the report has been interrupted by another group of people, are looking at ways to implement the ideas.
Jackson said he understood some of the Black students' frustration in wanting to see their peers read.
"It takes time, planning and process, though," he said.
"We have to be both active and patient," she said. "It is a multi-year process."
Ramaley said there was never a quick fix to
Presently, some new recruitment and retention programs are being developed which may solve part of the recruitment and retention problems at KU. The Office of Minority Affairs administers a program that would target grade school and junior high school students in the Kansas City area.
problems such as recruitment and retention.
"At that level, we're not pushing KU, but we're pushing education." Jackson said.
The office has not received approval from the school board yet, but Jackson was optimistic about its chances.
A peer advising counseling program also is being reinforced through the office, Jackson said. Through the program, an older KU student can help help young students adjust to the University.
Nevertheless, Jackson said he did not think minority students took advantage of all of the various retention programs that the University offered.
"All of these services are there to enhance their academic experience," he said.
One way to solve this problem would be to provide students with more information about the resources and about the availability of the programs, Jackson said. This semester, he is trying to inform students of these types of programs by attending student meetings such as the Black Student Union and the Hispanic
American Leadership Organization
"Quite frankly, this office, in conjunction with other campus offices, needs to do some recruiting of students to participate in these programs," Jackson said.
Student services, such as assistance with study skills, can be obtained through the University counseling center and the student assistance center. But Jackson said he didn't think students took advantage of these programs.
"It's more than a one-shot deal," he said.
Ramaley said three weeks ago that the office of University relations got together many campus groups associated with recruitment to potential students. They wanted to convey to potential students.
She said retention started with a clear understanding of the University. Retention also is a one-on-one concern, she said.
"It takes a while for people to understand how important these things are." Ramaley said. "This issue now touches everybody's life. Slowly but painfully we will succeed. Everybody, everyday needs to contribute to make this place a supportive environment."
Rally defending Indian activist to be Saturday
Jackson said, "There will be more programming, but people want immediate effects. The reality of it is that it is not going to happen overnight."
The Associated Press
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Two separate demonstrations supporting jailed Indian activist Leonard Pelitzer in tandem Saturday in Washington and Kansas.
The international office of the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee told the Rapid City Journal that it would attend the two demonstrations.
The main demonstration is to be staged in front of the Justice Department building in Washington.
A Midwest rally and march will be held the same day in Leavenworth, Kan. Peltier is serving two life sentences at the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth for the 1975 murders of two FBI agents during a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
Pelitzer's defense committee has claimed new evidence surfaced in 1982 that proved he was innocent. But the U.S. Supreme Court in 1987 refused to hear a motion for a new trial.
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