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Wednesday, August 24, 1983
Daily Nebraskan
Medical Center tries recruiting
to increase minority enrollment
By Christopher Burb&ch
Minority student enrollment at the University of
Nebraska Medical Center has almost doubled since
197G, according to figures supplied by Anece
McCloud, director of Minority Student Affairs at
UNMC.
Thirty-eight students were enrolled in 1976, while
71 enrolled there last year.
McCloud credited the increase to a combination
of factors.
"I attribute it to the commitment of the adminis
tration, our recruitment efforts and an increase in
sensitivity and understanding on campus, she said.
McCloud's office tries to recruit "under-represented
minorities," meaning ethnic groups whose repre
sentation in healt h careers is very low compared to
their representation in the general population. She
said those groups include blacks, Chicanos, Native
Americans and mainland Puerto Ricans.
McCloud said her office's recruiting program
focuses mainly on Nebraska colleges such as UNL,
UNO, Creighton and Doane, that have under
represented minorities enrolled. People from her
office visit schools and talk with students, trying to
get them interested in health careers.
Interested students can participate in programs
aimed at increasing their chances for acceptance
into medical school, and preparing them to do well if
accepted, McCloud said.
"We have a baccalaureate-level summer program
for ethnic minority students," McCloud said. Partic
ipants in that program review college level sciences
and other subjects, preview medical school-level
material and increase research skills.
"Out of 10 students who participated in the pro
gram in 1981, six were accepted at, the medical
center," McCloud said.
McCloud said she also works directly with the
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admissions committee, trying to "sensitize people to
the minority life style," and heighten their under
standing of minority applicants.
VVhen a student is accepted, he or she may take
advantage of a pre-enrollment program which intro
duces students to campus, offers sessions in test
taking and study skills, and acquaints students with
the Minority Affairs Office, McCloud said. In addi
tion, individual colleges within UNMC offer small
group tutorials for minority and other non-traditional
students who can best benefit from a small
group setting, she said.
"I don't really think anyone could say that we are
giving unequal treatment or discriminating against
anyone," McCloud said.
She said UNMC recruits majority students, visit
ing schools much the same way her office does. She
said minority students who are accepted are quali
fied, and her program, which is 75 percent federally
funded, has no quota.
Cheryl Jac, 24, is a second-year student at the
Medical Center who went through the Minority
Affairs Office's summer program in 1982. Originally
from Akron, Ohio, Jack came to the summer pro
gram to check out the UNMC. It compared well to
other schools, she said, so when she was accepted by
Nebraska she decided to enroll here.
Jack tutored in this year's summer program. "I
was there as a reference for biology, chemistry,
math and physics," she said.
She said participants in the program get advice
on acceptance and what field may be best for them.
Jack, who plans to work in community health,
said she feels the Minority Affairs Office needs to
"branch out into the community."
"We feel we have to offer a realistic picture of
medicine to anyone who wants to enter the medical
field," she said.
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