"Strategic Approaches to Multiculturalism in Higher Education"
Recruitment and retention of students of color at Ursinus College
A one-page typed document encouraging the school to adapt new strategies for minorities to be able to obtain a higher education. The document begins with exhibiting the effects of having a diverse strategic approach influenced by a conference at Villanova University attended by the contributors of this document. The document brings up the suggestion of having a three-credit course that deals with racism. There should also be a new faculty member to take the role of a Minority Adviser to head up this new approach to a more diverse campus. This is an important position because it will not only help with working exclusively with students of color but also as a push for student programs to mature and evolve in a respecting and appreciating the merit of diversity on campus.
Ursinus College Minority Affairs Committee of 1990
Ursinusiana Archives of Myrin Library
Ursinus College
May 1, 1990
B. Briggs, K. Connelly, B. McCallough, R. Ruiz
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One page; typed document
English
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Minority Affairs Committee, May 1990
Ursinus College campus, 1990
Tradition vs Change
Recruitment and retention of students of color at Ursinus College
In this newspaper article, the author writes about the initial treatment that black students being admitted to Ursinus were facing. In specific, he argues about the age of the student and the rights that they have earned and continue to earn. However, Jackson talks about how to more effectively recruit black students, whom recieve a large white shock when they come to an administration like Ursinus. Additionally, Jackson emphasizes that the institution not only "lure" black students into their institution, but that they also carve a path to a degree for prospective black students. He talks about the necessity of the student in general to not stagnate, and to continue to make themselves better off. He lastly mentions programs like Upward Bound that would help the culturally deprived and disadvantaged black students.
The Ursinus Weekly, Byron Jackson
The Ursinus Weekly
Ursinus College Digital Commons
December 2nd, 1968
Byron Jackson
English
Bridge Program Advertisement
Recruitment and retention of students of color at Ursinus College
The document gives a summary of what the Bridge Program is about and the types of students that would benefit the most from it. It explains when the students will arrive, where they will reside for the four weeks, and how all expenses will be covered. The courses offered will not only help lessen the workload for their first college semester but it will also provide an understanding to how things are run on campus, academically and socially.
Bridge Program Committee
Ursinusiana Archives of Myrin Library
Ursinus College
1990
Jack Cobbs and Jenneen Flamer
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Bridge Program
One page; typed & printed
English
Text
Bridge Program
Ursinus College campus 1990
Minority Student Affairs Memorandum
Recruitment and retention of students of color at Ursinus College
Richard Richter memos the Senior Staff about his recent hiring of two black faculty members and a recruitment counselor in the Admissions Office for their plans to create the Bridge Program. This memo exhibits the progress being made on a strategic approach to having a more culturally diverse campus. Richter suggests questions for everyone to ask themselves about the sole purpose of the program and if the college has all the materials needed to properly handle any social and academic matter involving minority students. This is to pull together the right people and resources together so the program can smoothly go into motion.
Richard Richter
Ursinusiana Archives of Myrin Library
Ursinus College
January 25, 1988
B. Branker, Flamer, Richard Richter
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Bridge Program; Flamer
Printed memo, includes penmanship at top of first page
English
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Bridge Program, 1990
Ursinus College campus, 1990
"Bridging The Gap" Grizzly Article, 1988
Recruitment and retention of students of color at Ursinus College
This Ursinus Grizzly newspaper article from September 23, 1988 coincides with the release of the first official Ursinus College Bridge Program report describing and assessing the Bridge Program. The article goes on to explain what the program is and why it is significant, pointing out that “ethnic and cultural diversity has not been a hallmark of the college,” and calling the Bridge Program “one of the most innovative endeavors Ursinus has taken.” It details the courses taken by the “Bridgers” and some of the field trips and side programs as well. These included introduction to the college community, practice in the Word Processing Lab and video-taping lab, trips to the Batch Institute for Ethnic Studies in Center City, and to Eagleville Hospital for Personality Disorders (as the main course taught was introductory Psychology). The article finishes on a positive note, mentioning the contentedness of the students who participated and plans from the administration to expand funding for the following year.
The Grizzly Staff
Ursinusiana Archives of Myrin Library
Ursinus College
September 23, 1988
Jean M. Kiss, Michelle L. Grande, Richard P. Richter, Karen Singhofen, Lora L. Hart, Peggy Hermann, Veronica Algeo, Robert Carmignani, Chuck Smith, and Lorraine R. Zimmer
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"Bridging the Gap" Grizzly article, 1988
Ursinus College campus, 1988
Cafe Nia
Recruitment and retention of students of color at Ursinus College
From the 2004 Ruby yearbook, Cafe Nia was an event held to celebrate and remember ancestors and black history. Cafe Nia is an event where primarily students of color at Ursinus College come together for a meal and host speakers and performances. Campus events like Cafe Nia help in building and sharing community on campus, aiding in retention of the students.
Ursinus College
Ruby Yearbook
Ursinus College
2004
Ursinus College
English