Challenge 3 "Recruiting/Retaining Diverse Student Body" Goals Action Steps / Description Projected Outcomes Planned Cost Metrics Completion Date Continue to recruit from High Continue to increase Increase the pool of offered Fall 2012 Multicultural Coordinator has 2003: 13.3% Schools with diverse populations number of students form underrepresented a recruitment budget. This 2001: 19.1 % that have strong art/design UG and Graduate and international students may need to be increase 2015: 28% backgrounds. Increase work with multicultural and based on to dept. alumni groups to reach out “need go” basis. international students. Stay Target for 2019 is 35% in their communities above the PA 19%. (A&A currently 29.6%.) Continue the work started in Theatre, Visual Arts and Music in Our focus should be on identifying and recruiting diverse students from applicants for UG and Graduate minorities in an programs attempt to come close to the national average of ~35% Offer creative thinking workshops for diversity focused pre-college groups Increase recruitment of US Work with the graduate officers in Increase the current percentage Ongoing Faculty and Staff time to 2011: 12% undergraduate and graduate each program to determine needs and of students of color in the create targeted recruitment 2014: 14.2% students from form a strategy with the Associate gradate programs efforts Target for 2019 is 20% groups Dean’s office Support student groups. Increase retention of UG Continue to raise the 5-year Ongoing Faculty and Staff time. Retention rate: 66.7% Renew focus on students. retention and graduation rate for mentoring/advising undergraduates. Currently at Target for 2019 is 80% Ensure student access and Note: Graduate student 66.7% for underrepresented exposure to faculty from diverse retention is not an issue students backgrounds whose curricular and research focus involves multicultural content Ensure curricular content and other programming is reflective of the recruited student body and and affirms students’ unique diverse backgrounds
Challenge 3 "Recruiting/Retaining Diverse Student Body" Goals Action Steps / Description Projected Outcomes Planned Completion Date Cost Metrics Continue to increase number of UG and Graduate multicultural and international students. Stay above the PA 19%. (A&A currently 29.6%.) Our focus should be on students from minorities in an attempt to come close to the national average of ~35% Continue to recruit from High Schools with diverse populations that have strong art/design backgrounds. Increase work with dept. alumni groups to reach out in their communities Continue the work started in Theatre, Visual Arts and Music in identifying and recruiting diverse applicants for UG and Graduate programs Offer creative thinking workshops for diversity focused pre-college groups Increase the pool of offered students form underrepresented and international students Fall 2012 Multicultural Coordinator has a recruitment budget. This may need to be increase based on “need to go” basis. 2003: 13.3% 2001: 19.1 % 2015: 28% Target for 2019 is 35% Increase recruitment of US undergraduate and graduate students from groups Work with the graduate officers in each program to determine needs and form a strategy with the Associate Dean’s office Increase the current percentage of students of color in the gradate programs Ongoing Faculty and Staff time to create targeted recruitment efforts 2011: 12% 2014: 14.2% Target for 2019 is 20% Increase retention of UG students. Note: Graduate student retention is not an issue Support student groups. Renew focus on mentoring/advising Ensure student access and exposure to faculty from diverse backgrounds whose curricular and research focus involves multicultural content Ensure curricular content and other programming is reflective of the recruited student body and affirms students’ unique and diverse backgrounds Continue to raise the 5-year retention and graduation rate for undergraduates. Currently at 66.7% for underrepresented students Ongoing Faculty and Staff time. Retention rate: 66.7% Target for 2019 is 80%
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