Office of Academic Affairs
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER
Plan 2008: GOAL I: INCREASE THE NUMBER OF WISCONSIN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES OF COLOR WHO APPLY, ARE ACCEPTED, AND ENROLL AT UW SYSTEM INSTITUTIONS.
RELATED INSTITUTIONAL Plan 2008 GOAL (UW-W Continuing Activity #1):
· Continue to provide a well-articulated, comprehensive array of services, beginning with precollege programming and continuing on through support for graduate study. 
Name of Department(s) Academic Support Services

Continuing Education

Target Group Middle and High School Students
Total Number Served 873 in Educational Talent Search, Upward Bound, and targeted summer camps
Time Line Summer 2000 – Spring 2001
Duration of Program Continuing
Program Cost and Funding Sources Federal Grants (Educational Talent Search, Upward Bound)

DPI Grants to support precollege summer camps and attendance at other summer camps

INITIATIVE/PROGRAM
1. Continue and expand existing programs.

2. Make connections between the existing programs (e.g., encourage students who attend Wheels to Whitewater to also participate in the Friday On Campus Program, when possible).

3. Encourage participation of students of color in all precollege summer camps (e.g., chess, music, World Affairs, etc.).

4. Use current students and alumni to identify students of color who might attend summer precollege camps and to encourage the students to attend. 

EXPECTED OUTCOMES OR NEED FOR INITIATIVE/PROGRAM Enrollment in existing targeted programs.

Enrollment of students of color in all non-targeted precollege camps.

Annual reports from the programs. 

ACTUAL OUTCOMES OR EFFECTIVES OF IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES
1. The precollege programs have maintained or increased their enrollment since the baseline year of 1997-1998. o Educational Talent Search (ETS) has increased from 600 in 1997-98, to 608 in 1998-99, 632 in 1999-2000, and 626 in 2000-2001.

o Upward Bound (UB) has decreased slightly from 60 in 1997-98, to 69 in 1998-99, 55 in 1999-2000, and 56 in 2000-2001.

2. Enrollment in targeted precollege camps has increased from 157 in 1997, 137 in 1998, and 137 in 1999, to 191 in 2000, with two camps added.

3. Information about enrollment of student of color in has not been collected by the non-targeted camps. Students of color supported by DPI scholarships in non-targeted precollege camps included 4 students in 1998, 7 students in 1999, and 9 students in 2000.

4. Precollege information is mailed to all multicultural UW-W undergraduate and graduate students, all multicultural UW-W alumni, and all previous year multicultural students in the precollege database. 

FACTORS INFLUENCING PROGRAM OUTCOMES

 

Internal factors affecting these program outcomes involve limits on the number of opportunities that can be made available.

External factors include (a) the cost of camps and the availability of funding, (b) the limits set by the ETS and UB grants, (c) time available for the activities, and (d) parental commitments.

FUTURE PLANS; WILL YOU DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY, IF SO, WHY We plan to continue with the type of programming we have been providing.