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Title

The Recruitment and Retention of Students of Color at Private Institutions

Authors

Anthony Cortese, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Southern Methodist University

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

October 2001

This session presents a longitudinal study of recruitment and retention of students of color at a predominantly white university in the American Southwest. The institution was able to increase minority student enrollment 14 percent in fewer than ten years. This was accomplished through the careful development, implementation and evaluation of a policy designed to recruit and retain minority students. The specifics of this policy and how it may be used as a model for other predominantly white institutions are discussed.