Word: gsas
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...like most graduate schools, the GSAS students have a high rat of attrition from the school's degree program--and minority students are no exception...
...combat these problems, the ad hoc student group suggested that the GSAS set up a committee to oversee the entire admissions process, increase the financial aid available to minority students and hire a minority group member of attract candidates and help minority students once they enroll in the GSAS...
Although they agreed with the first two recommendations, GSAS administrators took issue with the third, disagreeing with the students' claim that only a minority group member would have the contacts in the outside world needed to attract minority applicants, and that only a minority group member could be truly sensitive to minority student needs...
Pipkin's committee on graduate education took a position somewhere between the two groups in its report to the Faculty Council last week, saying only that the GSAS has vigorously attacked the problem of minority recruiting, but that the school may not have used as much imagination as it might in approaching the subject...
...final decision on the recommendations rests with Dean Rosovsky and GSAS administration, but because Rosovsky has asked the Faculty Council for advice, it will continue to hear presentations on the problem...