Provost Report on Diversity Faculty Senate Meeting The University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR...

Provost Report on DiversityFaculty Senate Meeting

The University of ArkansasFayetteville, ARJanuary 19, 2005

Bob SmithProvost & Vice Chancellor for Academic

Affairs, The University of Arkansas

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• Vision• Overarching Goals• Diversity Goals• Recent Progress• Prospects for Further

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UA Vision . . .UA Vision . . .

• The University of Arkansas is a nationally competitive, student-centered research university serving Arkansas and the world.

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Overarching GoalsOverarching Goals

•Excellence: Education, Research & Service

•High Quality & Numbers of Students•Diversity—Students, Faculty & Staff•Resources—Public & Private




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Diversity GoalsDiversity Goals

•Increase Minority Enrollment to 4000 by 2010*•Increase Diversity of Minority Faculty & Staff•Pursue Diversity Task Force Goals•Hire Associate Vice Chancellor for Institutional

Diversity & Education•Develop African American Studies Program•Enhance Diversity Aspects of Undergraduate

Curricula__________________________________________________Picking Up the Pace Report, 2004, p. 13 & 15-16.


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Recent Progress: Recent Progress: HighlightsHighlights

•Students: 14.1% U. S. Minority Groups; 5.4%International Students; 49% Women

•Quality of African American Student Population Improved •1st Year Retention & Six-Year Graduation Rates Improved•Enhanced Learning Center Opened, Fall 2003•Silas Hunt Scholarship Program Launched, 2003-2004•Day of Diversity Inaugurated in Spring 2004 (attendance =167)•Assistant Directors (2)-Minority Recruitment Hired in 2004•African American Studies Program Funded for 2004-2005•Graduate Recruitment Office Expanded in 2004•Associate Vice Chancellor for Institutional Diversity &

Education Hired in 2005•Faculty & Staff Demographics Improved•Strategic Investment Fund Efforts, $500,000 (2000-2005)•Faculty, Administration & Staff Diversity Training






White (non-Latino) Other Ethnicities

Degree Seeking New Freshman Class *Fall 1997

Fall 2004

African American

Asian American

Latino-Hispanic

Unknown

American Indian

Minority Total: 302

Minority Total: 326

* International Students not included

Recent Progress: African American EnrollmentRecent Progress: African American Enrollment

Total African American Enrollment 1997-2004

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

1,000

1,100

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Fall Semester

African American Enrollment

Undergraduate Enrollment Law Enrollment Graduate Enrollment

Degree Seeking African AmericanDegree Seeking African American New Freshman ACT Scores New Freshman ACT Scores

Fall 2004

74%

10%2%

14%

Fall 1997

11%

61%

28%

ACT > 30

ACT 25-30

ACT 19-24 ACT < 19

Degree Seeking New Freshman ClassDegree Seeking New Freshman ClassACT ScoresACT Scores

Fall 2004

44%

2%13%

41%

Fall 1997

6%

36%

47%

11%

ACT > 30

ACT 25-30

ACT 19-24 ACT < 19

First Year Retention Rate by EthnicityFirst Year Retention Rate by Ethnicity1998 1998 vsvs 2004 2004

1998 2004

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AfricanAmerican

Latino/ Hispanic

AmericanIndian

White

Arkansas 4-Year Public Institutions6-Year Baccalaureate Graduation Rate for the Fall 1997 Cohort

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

University ofArkansas

University ofCentral Arkansas

Arkansas StateUniversity -Jonesboro

Arkansas TechUniversity

Henderson StateUniversity

University ofArkansas at Pine

Bluff

SouthernArkansas

University -Magnolia

University ofArkansas atMonticello

University ofArkansas atLittle Rock

6-Year Rate

Note: UAFS is excluded. They were a two-year institution in 1997.

Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Graduation Rate Survey

48%

39%38%

31%33%

36%

19%

28%

22%

Five-Year Graduation Rates

Cohort Year

All Freshmen5-Year

Graduation Rate

African AmericanFreshmen

5-YearGraduation Rate

1991 37.6 21.81992 37.2 21.01993 39.2 18.31994 37.3 20.01995 38.7 24.91996 40.0 25.91997 41.9 24.21998 46.6 30.91999 51.7 40.8

Five-Year Graduation Rates

15

25

35

45

55

'91 '92 '93 '94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99

Fall Cohorts

Percent

Graduating within

All Freshmen African American Freshmen

20.9% gap

10.9% gap

Recent Progress: Silas Hunt Fellowship Recent Progress: Silas Hunt Fellowship Program CriteriaProgram Criteria

•Underrepresented Ethnic or Minority Group•Underrepresented in Field of Study •Residents from Underrepresented Counties in

AR•1st-Generation College Student•Address in Application: 1) “How can you help

the U of A become a more diverse community?”; 2)“What motivates you

to succeed at the University?”


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Silas Hunt Fellowship ProgramSilas Hunt Fellowship Program Results for Fall 2004

•66 Silas-Hunt Scholars 2004•Average GPA 3.85•Average ACT 26.9•African-American 19 (28.8%)•Asian- American 11 (16.7%)•Caucasian 11 (16.7%)•Hispanic-Latino 11 (16.7%)•Native American 14 (21.2%)•Women 32 (48.5%)




Associate Vice Chancellor for Associate Vice Chancellor for Institutional Diversity & Institutional Diversity &

EducationEducation

•Key Recommendation of Diversity Task Force (2000-2003)

•Reporting to Provost & Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs

•Address Recommendations of Diversity Task Force•Critical Blending of Academic & Student Life Issues•Also, Personnel Development•Carmen Coustaut, University of Maryland at

College Park•Associate Vice Chancellor & (tenured)

Associate Professor (Film Studies)





Faculty Staff Faculty StaffAsian or Pacific Islander 34 19 64 48American Indian or Alaskan Native 8 11 11 18Black 23 46 33 64Hispanic 10 7 8 28Other 14 50 15 48White 748 1,275 707 1,440Unknown 0 2 0 0Total 837 1,410 838 1,646

Faculty Staff Faculty StaffAsian or Pacific Islander 4.1% 1.3% 7.6% 2.9%American Indian or Alaskan Native 1.0% 0.8% 1.3% 1.1%Black 2.7% 3.3% 3.9% 3.9%Hispanic 1.2% 0.5% 1.0% 1.7%Other 1.7% 3.5% 1.8% 2.9%White 89.4% 90.4% 84.4% 87.5%Unknown 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%

Note: Faculty includes the Fayetteville campus and the Agricultural Experiment Station Staff includes the Fayetteville campus only Faculty includes research, adjunct, visiting, and clinical

1997 2004

Full-Time Faculty and Staff Demographics

1997 2004

Strategic Investment Fund Efforts, $500,000 (2000-2005)

Faculty, Administration & Staff

Diversity Training

•Key Recommendation of Diversity Task Force (2000-2003)

•Collaboration with the National Conference for Community & Justice (NCCJ)

•Workshop: Our Campus•Participation to Present: >800•Requirement for All New Hires•Extraordinary Positive Feedback





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Prospects for Further Progress

• Student Recruitment Retention & Support

• Diversity of Faculty

• Diversity of Staff

• Points of Pride

Anne O’Leary KellyChair, Diversity Task Force

Prospects for Further Progress: Student Recruitment Retention & Support

• Orientation Program (aver. 13% minority students, 2002 & 2003)

• Razorback Outreach for Community & Knowledge (ROCK) Camp (2002 & 2003; aver. 15% minority student participation)

• Fall Convocation• First-Year Experience; Diversity Discussions &

Presentations• Emerging Student Leaders Program (total students ≈ 80;

aver. 42% minority students, 2000-2003)



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Prospects for Further Progress: Student Prospects for Further Progress: Student Recruitment Retention & Support Recruitment Retention & Support cont’dcont’d

• Minority students received ≈$5.36 million in scholarships during 2003-2004 (16% of total scholarship support)

• Minority students received $1.21 million in athletic scholarships (41% of total athletic scholarship support)

• Minority students received $4.15 million academic scholarships (12% of total academic scholarships)

• Climate Survey, 2002

Prospects for Further Progress: Student Prospects for Further Progress: Student Recruitment Retention & Support Recruitment Retention & Support cont’dcont’d

• Day of Diversity, March 27, 2004 (167 students & guests; transportation from: Forrest City, LR, Marion, Pine Bluff, Fort Smith, Texarkana, Tulsa, and Dallas)

• Diversity Impact Days, November 18-19, 2004 (227 students & guests; transportation from: Texarkana, Hope, Malvern, Arkadelphia, LR, Conway, Fort Smith, Russellville, Dumas, Pine Bluff, Forrest City, West Memphis, Tulsa, and Dallas)

Prospects for Further Progress: Student Recruitment Retention & Support cont’d

• George Washington Carver summer research program in 2004, supported 12 students from the following Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Southern University, University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Prairie View A&M University, Xavier University, Tougaloo College, & Dillard University

• The Benjamin Franklin Lever (BFL) Graduate Diversity Tuition Fellowships; e.g., in 2003-2004: total = 55: 35 African American [64%], 6 Hispanic [11%], & 5 Native American [9%] students

Other Points of Pride . . . Other Points of Pride . . . Cont’dCont’d

• 2003-2004 Promotions• Gordon Morgan

(University Professor)• Chauncy Brummer

(Professor)• Charles Robinson

(Associate Professor)• Johnetta Cross-Brazzell

(NASPA Awards)• Gerald Jordan

(Chancellor’s Medal)• African-American

Lit. Initiative• Distinguish. Lect. Series

(03, James Earl Jones)• Honorary Doctorate

( 03 George Haley)






Other Points of Pride . . . Improving Academic Other Points of Pride . . . Improving Academic Quality & ReputationQuality & Reputation

• Princeton Review, 2005• U.S. News & World Rep., 2005: 2nd

Tier (175-120: ‘98-’05)• 100 Best College Buys (1999-2003)• America’s (77) Best Value Colleges

(2005)• Fiske Guide, 2005• The Unofficial (Biased) Insider’s

Guide to the 320 Most Interesting Colleges

• The Top American Research Universities, 2002 (TheCenter, U of FL): Top 100 Public Research Universities




TTB . . . The Power of Diversity

• Strength through Diversity: Biological, Cultural & Intellectual (e.g., interdisciplinary scholarship)

• Bob Smith, “The Power of Heliotrope,” ArkansasArkansas, 5151 (2), 24-25 (2001).

• Eggplant Analogy: ROYGBIV• Heliotrope or Aubergine• Eggplant: Solanum melongena (family Solanaceae

[peppers, tomatoes]); origin: India• Birefringence

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