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Columns::August 27, 2001
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Campus News
Minority enrollment
Preliminary estimates: UGA holds its own
By Tom Jackson
tjackson@uga.edu
The University of Georgia apparently will not experience the sharp downturns in minority and African-American enrollment
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experienced at peer institutions in Texas, California and Florida in the wake of lawsuits, public debate and media scrutiny of affirmative action in admissions.
Preliminary enrollment numbers for fall semester indicate that aggressive recruitment has paid off in considerably larger numbers of new students than might have been expected, given a strong decrease in African-American applicants for this term.
“These very pleasing results didn’t just happen; they're the product of diligent teamwork under challenging circumstances,” says President Michael F. Adams. “The unified efforts of our admissions office, the faculty, the Black Faculty and Staff Organization, the governor, and many others have contributed to a great foundation on which we can build for future years.”
Officials emphasize that the numbers are preliminary; the final report for fall semester enrollment will be compiled and released in October.
The preliminary figures indicate the overall number of newly entering minority students is up 78 students from fall 2000, a 6.8 percent increase. As a component of those overall minority numbers, the number of new African Americans at UGA this fall is down one student at this point, so the final figure is expected to be virtually unchanged from last year.
The numbers show increases in several categories, including new freshman minorities (up 37), new graduate student minorities (up 24), new professional student minorities (up 10), new transfer student minorities (up seven), new graduate student African Americans (up 16), new professional student African Americans (up eight), and new transfer student African Americans (up 23).
The only category projected to decrease in these preliminary estimates is new freshman African Americans (down 48). That projected decrease in enrollment of 19 percent is in fact better than might have been expected, given the 40 percent decrease in applications in this category.
The final report in October will indicate how many African-American and minority students have continued from last year, the determining factor in what overall minority enrollment is. The university’s overall minority enrollment last year was 13 percent and African Americans comprised 6 percent of the student body. |
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