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CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
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#4: |
RECRUIT
AND RETAIN STUDENTS FROM A DIVERSITY OF BACKGROUNDS, ESPECIALLY
THOSE FROM UNDER-REPRESENTED GROUPS |
Objective
#1:
Regularly review and update CMU's recruitment goals and the plan for achieving
them.
Action
4.1a
Reinstate
the Minority Student Enrollment Committee and include representatives
from all departments involved in meeting recruitment and persistence
goals.
Action
4.1b
Support
and encourage activities that recruit international students from
targeted geographical locations.
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Objective #2:
Develop and encourage connections with the local community and feeder
schools.
Action
4.2a
Invite
different feeder high schools and community colleges (including
councilors and other personnel) to be our
special guests at university events (e.g., athletic, cultural,
arts events).
Action
4.2b
Promote
involvement of local ethnic minority and international groups with faculty and students.
Action
4.2c
Develop
a public relations plan that reminds our prospective students
that Central Michigan University wants to be their first choice.
Action 4.2d
Review and strengthen existing partnership programs with schools
and community colleges, such as MiCUP, Upward Bound, GEAR UP, King/Chavez/Parks College Day Program, and the Dow Jones Journalism
Workshop.
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Objective #3:
Strengthen and promote scholarship opportunities for undergraduate students
from under-represented groups.
Action
4.3a
Develop
a campaign to publicize the available scholarship opportunities.
Action
4.3b
Develop financial support and scholarship funds to help needy
international students and scholars.
Action
4.3c
Review
and update criteria for scholarships, as needed.
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Objective
#4:
Aggressively recruit highly qualified students from under-represented
groups to CMU's prestigious undergraduate programs, e.g., Centralis Scholars,
Leadership Institute.
Action
4.4
Review
criteria for selecting students for these prestigious programs
to ensure that qualified students from underrepresented groups
are encouraged to apply.
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Objective
#5:
Strengthen existing programs for retaining students from under- represented
groups.
Action
4.5a
Increase
the availability of faculty/staff and students to serve as mentors.
Action
4.5b
Increase the number of supplemental instruction sections and provide
tutoring services.
Action
4.5c
Continue to involve students in the planning of cultural celebrations.
Action
4.5d
Regularly evaluate existing programs and assess the need for new
types of programs.
Action 4.5e
Administer
an exit survey to students, especially those leaving CMU without
completing a degree, and disseminate the results to the departments
involved in meeting CMU's persistence goals.
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Objective
#6:
Ensure that housing policies and practices meet the needs of a diverse
student population.
Action
4.6a
Survey
the residential climate for persons from diverse backgrounds in
on- and off-campus housing.
Action
4.6b
Provide training on climate and diversity issues for residence
hall staff throughout the school year.
Action
4.6c
Hold
workshops on diversity and race relations for all students in
residence halls throughout the school year.
Action
4.6d
Review
and
improve the Multicultural Advisor program; provide special training
for students in these positions; clarify relationship with
other members of Residence Life staff, especially residence hall
directors and resident assistants.
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Objective
#7:
Include a paragraph on class syllabi, the availability of accommodations
for students with disabilities:
program
"CMU provides students with disabilities reasonable accommodation to
participate in educational programs, activities or services. Students with
disabilities requiring accommodation to participate in class activities or
meet course requirements should first register with:
Office
of Student Disability Services
Park 120
Ph: 989-774-3018
Objective
#8:
Provide diversity training for all students during orientation and as
part of special courses for incoming students.
Action
4.8
Assess
the outcomes of this training and revise as needed
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Objective
#9:
Educate students about the grievance processes available to them.
Action
4.9a
Monitor
the existing grievance processes to ensure that they:
- deal with feelings of anger, frustration, or fear experienced
by the parties involved;
- are user
friendly;
- fairly represent our student
clientele;
- allow for recommendations for systemic
changes;
- include a mechanism for reporting prejudice-motivated
incidents, and
- allow for improving responsiveness to complaints.
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Action
4.9b
Be pro-active in disseminating information on using the grievance
procedures to all students.
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Objective
#10:
Review and strengthen efforts to recruit graduate students from under-represented
groups.
Action
4.10a
Increase the availability of fellowships and assistantships.
Action
4.10b
Review and improve CMU's King/Chavez/Parks Future Faculty
Program.
Action
4.10c
Develop partnerships with colleges with a high percentage of
students from underrepresented groups, including historically black
colleges and universities, Hispanic colleges and universities,
tribal colleges.
Action
4.10d
Provide mentoring for undergraduates on preparation for graduate
and professional schools, especially to the students from
under-represented groups.
Action
4.10e
Provide mentoring for graduate students, especially those from
under-represented groups.
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Objective
#11:
Identify and staff a meeting area for informal gatherings of students,
especially those from under-represented groups.
Action
4.11
Constitute a student advisory committee to develop guidelines
for the design and use of this area.
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Objective
#12:
Provide more entry-level/internship/part-time/full-time work opportunities
for students in all departments and programs.
Action
4.12
Provide
additional funding and support for these activities.
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