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GMAC officials attribute the nationally declining minority MBA enrollment to several factors, including a continued lack of minority role models in management positions, decreased federal student aid and decreased minority representation at the undergraduate level...
...attempt to halt the declining number of Blacks and Hispanics entering high-level management positions, two national business groups will sponsor a conference in Boston tomorrow aimed at increasing the number of minority students earning MBA degrees...
According to the National Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), which is co-sponsoring the forum with the National Black MBA Association, the percentage of Blacks in Master of Business Administration programs fell from 3.9 percent in 1980 to 3.6 percent in 1984, while the number of Hispanics dropped from 1.9 percent to 1.7 percent...
Nationally, officials say they fear this decline in MBA minority graduates will lead to further underrepresentation of minorities in high-level career positions...
...officials at Harvard Business School, which is not a member of GMAC and does not use standardized GMAC tests in the admissions process, said minority representation in the Harvard MBA program has increased and recruiting efforts remain strong...