· Work toward a better balance of enrollment of students of color across academic disciplines. 

Academic Support Services

Minority Business and Teacher Preparation Programs

Student Organizations

State Minority/Disadvantaged Funds (402)

Wheels to Whitewater ($7,000 per year)

1. Expand existing programs (Educational Talent Search, Upward Bound, Beloit Tutorial Program, Striving for Latino Excellence Day), with students representing a wide range of majors serving as tutors.

2. Develop an on campus program to showcase various majors. This can be held in conjunction with Friday On Campus Days.

3. Focus on the role of departments in encouraging students to pursue specific disciplines.

· Sponsor a college day with professors and students from various disciplines present to discuss careers in those disciplines.

· Specifically target and recruit students of color who intend to major in specific disciplines.

· Use key faculty members in various disciplines to help recruit students and to help mentor those students once recruited.

4. Continue to support the Minority Business Preparation Program and the Minority Teacher Preparation Program..

5. Use existing TRIO programs to introduce potential students of color to the range of academic disciplines. Include regular presentations about various academic disciplines as part of ongoing seminars.

6. Encourage departments to identify core group of students majoring in an area that will provide periodic seminars about the discipline for prospective majors.

7. Create partnerships between Latino Student Programs/Academic Support Services and area public schools to promote K-12 retention of Latino students and the eventual recruitment and retention of these students at UWW. 

· Monitor the numbers of majors in various disciplines 

The Wheels to Whitewater program brings approximately 500 targeted multicultural students each year to campus. They have an opportunity to meet with students of various majors.

The Upward Bound program has targeted and recruited students for specific majors (e.g., science). The program has also worked with the Private Industry Council to emphasize specific majors.

The Saturday College Programs are structured to provided students with an understanding of academic disciplines and how they correlate with specific careers. Nine programs were presented each year during 1999-2000 and 2000-01.

During 2000-01 students involved in the on-campus TRIO programs were invited and encouraged to attend lectures and seminars sponsored by the McNair Program, the Undergraduate Research Program, and Latino Student Programs. These lectures exposed them to scholars in a variety of disciplines. In addition, they were invited and encouraged to participate in state, regional, and national conferences held on campus.

Selected departments have specifically targeted and recruited students to for their majors.

Representatives of Latino Student Programs, Latinos Unidos, and Academic Support Services have presented sessions for students from a variety of area schools, including target schools in Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha, and Palmyra. The students involved have represented a variety of disciplines.

External factors influencing program outcomes include job availability and competing programs at other institutions.