The audit suggested hiring more Black and Hispanic faculty, as well as a chief diversity officer. It also suggested improving academic advising and mentoring efforts for minority students, and investing in a Hispanic culture center.
“This is something that does have to be addressed,” says Bubacz, who added the university would begin training recruiters this summer in how to find faculty candidates from under-represented groups.
The audit showed Hispanic and Black students felt no sense of community on campus and that causes those students, especially males, to leave the school or to struggle to graduate.
Harper found only 17.2 percent of Black males graduating within six years compared with 56.4 percent for their female counterparts. A similar disparity exists among Hispanics, with 33.3 percent of Hispanic women graduating in six years and only 12.5 percent of Hispanic men.
— Associated Press
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