<p>Caltech minority recruitment efforts</p>
<p>[Hurdle</a> #1: Getting in the Door](<a href=“http://diverseeducation.com/article/8451c8/hurdle-1-getting-in-the-door.html]Hurdle”>http://diverseeducation.com/article/8451c8/hurdle-1-getting-in-the-door.html)
"One of Caltech’s biggest problems seems to be convincing a greater percentage of the African American students who are accepted to enroll.</p>
<p>Despite its image as one of the nation’s most prestigious science and technology institutions, Caltech appears to lack the added-value attributes that competitive African American students look for when selecting an undergraduate school. If, for example, they had been able to enroll all nine of the applicants they accepted in 1997, Black representation in the freshman class would have jumped to as much as 4 percent."</p>
<p>web1.johnshopkins.edu/stirm/JMR<em>CV</em>May_11.doc </p>
<p>"Caltech Diversity Retreat (2005)
Education and Training Subcommittee Member
Participated in meetings for several months to generate educational program recommendations for the President of Caltech. "</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.admissions.caltech.edu/documents/46-caltech_up_close_invite.pdf[/url]”>http://www.admissions.caltech.edu/documents/46-caltech_up_close_invite.pdf</a></p>