People of Color in Predominantly White Institutions

 

Title

MUSSAB: An Indispensable Link Between Faculty and Multicultural Students' Academic Success

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

October 2001

The panel will discuss how the faculty and SUNY Rockland Community College identifies difficulties faced by multicultural underrepresented students through a faculty advisory board and pragmatic activities. Serving as a bridge that connects faculty from various disciplines, the Multicultural Underrepresented Student Success Advisory Board was able to institute a campus-wide climate survey to assess the needs of multicultural students and to help them find ways to effectively deal with the challenges.