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Opinion Iowa City Press-Citizen Page 9A Tuesday Nov. 28, 2000 Our view Better job? Of course, but how? Mary Sue Coleman hit the nail on the head. "We need to do a better job" of recruiting minority students and faculty, the University of Iowa president said. yes. But UI has been saying that for five years. So the obvious question is: How? The obvious answer: Get just a little more serious about it, from top to bottom. New figures from UI aren't encouraging at all: - The five-year goal for minority faculty was 13 percent. It's now 11.9 percent, just slightly better than the 11.4 percent when we started. - The five-year goal for minority students was 12 percent. It's now at 9.2 percent, the same as when we started. - And minority enrollment at UI actually went down this year, increasing only among Hispanics -- just 17 more than last year. So Coleman is very right: We need to do a better job. We need to better reflect the nation at large, which has a growing minority population. The better we reflect the nation at large, the more comfortable UI and the Iowa City area -- and Iowa as a whole -- becomes for students and potential employees, which help fuel business growth. Get the picture? Minority students and faculty aren't the only factor in economic development, but they certainly are a major piece of the puzzle. And let's face it. We have some hurdles to overcome in that recruitment here, because of our long-standing, white-bred culture. That's not just a UI problem, but a community problem as well. And it will require cooperative efforts among UI, cities, businesses and school districts. But more than anything, it requires a strong commitment. it requires follow-through. It requires looking at universities and communities that are doing this well and seeing what we can learn from them. It requires much more than simply saying, "We need to do a better job." That's obvious. The issue: - UI sees need to do better job in recruiting minority students, faculty. We Suggest: -We already know that. Now, it's time for commitment and follow-through. What do you think? - UI wants to do better in recruiting minority students and faculty. - How should that be done? - Send comments to Opinion Page, P.O. Box 2408, Iowa City, Iowa 52244; fax to (319) 834-1083; e-mail to cbaldwin@press-citizen.com.
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Opinion Iowa City Press-Citizen Page 9A Tuesday Nov. 28, 2000 Our view Better job? Of course, but how? Mary Sue Coleman hit the nail on the head. "We need to do a better job" of recruiting minority students and faculty, the University of Iowa president said. yes. But UI has been saying that for five years. So the obvious question is: How? The obvious answer: Get just a little more serious about it, from top to bottom. New figures from UI aren't encouraging at all: - The five-year goal for minority faculty was 13 percent. It's now 11.9 percent, just slightly better than the 11.4 percent when we started. - The five-year goal for minority students was 12 percent. It's now at 9.2 percent, the same as when we started. - And minority enrollment at UI actually went down this year, increasing only among Hispanics -- just 17 more than last year. So Coleman is very right: We need to do a better job. We need to better reflect the nation at large, which has a growing minority population. The better we reflect the nation at large, the more comfortable UI and the Iowa City area -- and Iowa as a whole -- becomes for students and potential employees, which help fuel business growth. Get the picture? Minority students and faculty aren't the only factor in economic development, but they certainly are a major piece of the puzzle. And let's face it. We have some hurdles to overcome in that recruitment here, because of our long-standing, white-bred culture. That's not just a UI problem, but a community problem as well. And it will require cooperative efforts among UI, cities, businesses and school districts. But more than anything, it requires a strong commitment. it requires follow-through. It requires looking at universities and communities that are doing this well and seeing what we can learn from them. It requires much more than simply saying, "We need to do a better job." That's obvious. The issue: - UI sees need to do better job in recruiting minority students, faculty. We Suggest: -We already know that. Now, it's time for commitment and follow-through. What do you think? - UI wants to do better in recruiting minority students and faculty. - How should that be done? - Send comments to Opinion Page, P.O. Box 2408, Iowa City, Iowa 52244; fax to (319) 834-1083; e-mail to cbaldwin@press-citizen.com.
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