Regent Bernstein "Making our campus look like our state"

Colleges & Universities University of Michigan
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<p>The state of Michigan **isn’t<a href=“surprising%20to%20me,%20as%20a%20Floridian%20with%20little%20knowledge%20of%20Michigan”>/b</a> very diverse. </p>

<p><a href=“http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/26000.html”>http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/26000.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>For example, using census data from 2012:</p>

<p>The % white (not Hispanic) is 76.2% in Michigan, while the nation is 63.0%. I would think at least 60 to 65% of 18 year olds in Michigan are white. If you compare Detroit (only 7.8% white) to the rest of the state, you’ll only find a small increase in the % of 18 or younger (26.7% to 23.7%).</p>

<p>Some numbers that do impact Michigan’s ability to recruit black students:</p>

<p>Only 58% of undergraduate students are in-state. Michigan heavy recruits OOS students for the OOS tuition. These tend to be high socioeconomic status(SES) students. Only 16% of students receive Pell grants (incoming freshmen), which can be used as a measure for low SES students. </p>

<p><a href=“College Navigator - University of Michigan-Ann Arbor”>College Navigator - University of Michigan-Ann Arbor;

<p>Compared to MSU, where 7% is Black or AA, 73% of students are in-state and 24% of students receive Pell grants. Recruiting more in-state students make it easier to recruit lower SES students and Blacks/AA. </p>

<p>And at the far end of the spectrum, Wayne State, which is 23% Black or AA, 96% in-state and 53% receive Pell grants. </p>

<p>UVA, a peer institution, is even worse, at 12% Pell Grants. It also heavily recruits OOS students as part of it’s business model. </p>

<p>Recruiting low SES students (which would increase Black/AA attendance) seems to have taken a back seat to OOS recruitment. </p>