2006–2010 PROGRESS REPORT
Student Recruitment and Retention
- In a collaborative effort between the Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative and the Office of Enrollment Management, a new Minority Recruiters Council was organized to provide networking and cross communication among various offices responsible for recruiting minority students.
- The Graduate School has initiated the "Glimpse into Graduate School" seminar program for upper-class undergraduates who are first-generation college students or members of underrepresented racial/ethnic minority groups. The goal of the program is to empower students by helping them to develop the confidence and skills necessary for a comfortable transition and success in competitive graduate programs.
- Student Affairs, the Graduate School, and the vice provost for undergraduate studies have joined together to support student parents. Family-friendly study space has been secured through a partnership with ParentLink
and is meeting a very important need for members of the student organization MizFits and other student parents. - New research on campus climate was completed, giving us current student data on the extent to which the campus is perceived to be welcoming and inclusive.
- In March 2010, MU hosted Welcome to Focus on Missouri: A Dialogue on Barriers, Strategies and the Future of College Access, an access conference bringing key stakeholders together to dialogue about the barriers and strategies for college access.
- In 2008, MU became one of 10 founding members of the National College Advisory Corps, a model college-access advising program designed to help urban and rural Missouri high school students see college as an attainable goal, increase college enrollment among low-income families, encourage community college students to pursue four-year degrees and help students navigate the processes of applying for admittance and financial aid.
- The 4-H Youth Futures College Within Reach Program, developed by the University of Missouri Extension/4-H Center for Youth Development and Lincoln University Cooperative Extension, promotes college as an attainable goal for high school youth who are not typically encouraged to attend college. 4-H Youth Futures is an extensive college orientation program that includes on-going local mentoring and a college orientation conference on the campuses.
