Black Student Enrollment Rebounds at UCLA

Autor/in	Roach, Ronald
Titel	Black Student Enrollment Rebounds at UCLA
Quelle	In: Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 24 (2007) 22, S.16-18 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1557-5411
Schlagwörter	Journalism; African American Students; Universities; Reputation; Alumni; Student Financial Aid; Enrollment Trends; College Choice; Scholarships; Outreach Programs; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Journalistik; Journalismus; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; University; Universität; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung; Studienortwahl; Scholarship; Stipendium; Jobcoaching; Kalifornien
Abstract	As a senior honors student at Weston Ranch High School in Stockton, California, last spring, Lakea Youngblood gained admission to the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, Los Angeles, California's two most sought-after public universities. While both schools offered the northern California native similar financial aid packages, UC Berkeley proved highly enticing to Youngblood given the school's sterling academic reputation and its close proximity to her family home. Nonetheless, UCLA readily won over Youngblood because of her interest in studying broadcast journalism in the media-saturated environment of Los Angeles and an effective outreach effort mounted by Black UCLA graduates, current students and others concerned about declining Black student enrollment. In addition to Youngblood's financial aid package offered by UCLA, a foundation representing UCLA's Black alumni and other supporters of the Black student outreach offered her a first-year $1,000 scholarship. The privately funded scholarship and the discussions she had with Black alumni sent a compelling message. The outreach to Black students such as Youngblood became part of a larger story after Black freshman student enrollment at UCLA this fall saw a dramatic reversal after several years of decline. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10