Title: Successes
1Successes Challenges for Recruiting
Retaining URM Doctoral Students in SBE at
University of California, Berkeley
Presenter Christina Maslach Vice Provost,
Undergraduate Education
2URM SBE Doctorates during Period 1998 to 2002
Department of Graduates
African American 1
Anthropology 7
Demography 0
Economics 12
Agricultural Economics 2
Ethnic Studies 17
Geography 3
Political Science 6
Psychology 17
Sociology 12
TOTAL 77
With 5 from CNR the total is 82
College of Natural Resources
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4Graduate Diversity Program A Component of
Graduate DivisionCarla Trujillo, Ph.D., Director
- Provides support services for prospective and
continuing students on the Berkeley campus in an
effort to maintain a more diverse graduate
student community - Collaborates with Social Science Diversity
Coordinator in recruitment and outreach efforts - Summer Research Opportunity Program
- Workshops on professional development
- Advising and mentoring for current graduate
students
5Where are our students coming from?
- 41 California
- 26 Top tier private institutions
- 11 UCB undergraduates
- Everywhere else
6Recruitment StrategiesSuccessful practices for
recruitment
- University of California system
- California State University system
- McNair and Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows
programs - Summer Research Opportunity Program at UC
Berkeley - Profession organizations and their outreach
programs - APSA
- AEA
- APA
- Other MSI institutions
7Newly Registered URM1993 - 2003
8Newly Registered URM by Ethnicity 1993 - 2003
9Fallout from Proposition 209
- Campus ethos and the admissions process
- Cost to the reputation of UCB
- Hiring of Diversity Coordinator in Social Science
- GAAAC Graduate Affirmative Action Advisory
Committee
10Future Prospects forRecruitment and
RetentionUC-DIGSSS/NSF Initiative
- Increase intake pool of applicants by forging new
alliances with MSI institutions - Improve Retention through Faculty Mentored
Research Opportunity Program - Improve Retention by community building and
increasing support services