Achieving College Student Diversity Is A Challenge In This Region

African-Americans account for 13 percent of the nation’s population but just 4 percent of UR’s total student enrollment last school year. Hispanics — the fastest growing segment of the population — account for 16 percent of the nation’s population but only 4 percent of UR’s enrollment last school year. The trends are not much better for local four-year colleges that draw more heavily from the Rochester region. Even though African-Americans make up 15 percent and Hispanics 7 percent of Monroe County’s population, most of the schools enroll 5 percent or less of these minority groups. Local efforts to achieve diversity have focused on both extending outreach efforts to minorities, both here and beyond the region, and forging closer ties to area high schools. Read more at:
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