Friday, January 28, 2005
“Hispanic Outlook Magazine in Higher Education” named the University of Kansas in their “Publisher’s Pick List,” in December. The list recognizes schools that focus on recruiting and graduating Hispanic students.
Currently there are 844 Hispanic students at the University, which accounts for 3.1 percent of the student body. This is an increase from five years ago when 608 students were enrolled.
The magazine also ranked the School of Journalism 19th in their top 25 schools granting bachelor’s degrees in journalism and mass communication. The magazine states the growing number of Hispanics in the field of journalism is the result of “explosive growth” in Spanish-language newspapers and broadcast stations.
Although Ann Brill, dean of journalism, said she was happy with the ranking, she was not happy with the numbers.
“When you look at the data, I’m not impressed,” she said. “When you look at that, I think we could do better — we should do better.”
The school’s minority enrollment was 10.9 percent in the fall of 2003, while minorities in the state of Kansas made up 13.9 percent of the population.
The University has expanded and developed new programs to increase minority enrollment at the University. Hawk Link, a program developed in 1998, was developed to primarily help students of color succeed at the University. The Multicultural Scholars program is another program that supports students financially with scholarships and scholastically with tutors and advisors.
“We are a competitive school, we aren’t a regular university like any other. We have a great graduation and we have things to offer for any and all students,” said Juan Izaguirre, assistant director of the office of multicultural affairs.
This week, the Multicultural Road Show sent University faculty and staff from different departments to Wichita, Topeka and Kansas City, Kan., to convince under-represented students in Kansas to come to the University. Janice Davis, recruitment coordinator for the William Allen White School of Journalism, said it needed to focus on getting more potential students to attend the event.
Izaquirre said certain key issues, such as the cost of tuition and the University’s location kept certain students from being interested.
“The first reason why they wouldn’t choose KU is because of the price,” said Izaguirre. “We like to break it down for students and see how much it will cost to go to school.”
Students and parents can sit down with advisers and go through different financial options and contact departments in regards to scholarships and programs giving financial aid.
Edited by Lori Bettes
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