SALT on track to meet minority enrollment goals
Wednesday, 23 March 2011 18:42
The Strategic Alternative Learning Techniques Center (SALT) falls just short of their goal for enrolling minorities and Arizona residents.
According to the SALT journal, "SALT's strategic plan called for 17.5 percent of the incoming class to be underrepresented minorities and for 20 percent of the incoming class to be Arizona residents."
Nancy Singer, assistant director of admissions and recruitment at the SALT Center said, "Fifteen percent of this year's freshman class was made up of minorities and 19 percent were Arizona residents. That increase is up from in 2007 where only 7.3 percent were minorities and 7.3 percent were from Arizona."
"There are 4.63 percent Hispanics, 17 percent others, 2.4 percent no reply, and the total minorities are 11.49 percent at SALT," Singer said.
The SALT website describes the center as a place "where students receive individualized educational planning and monitoring, assistance from certified tutors with coursework, and an array of workshops geared toward their individual academic needs."
SALT does not provide scholarships based on race or ethnicity.
Proposition 107, adopted by the Arizona voters in November, specifically prohibits discrimination based on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin. SALT gives scholarships based on Arizona residency, first generation college enrollment and need.
According to the UA diversity report, this year's incoming freshman class was made up of 37.7 percent minorities.
The SALT statistics do not fall in line with the rest of the university. According to Singer, this is because high schools are not adequately preparing learning disabled students for college.
"People who come from low-advocated families don't usually know how to advocate for their families. They don't know the difference between high school graduation requirements and college entrance requirements," Singer said.
Within the university as a whole there are 17 percent Hispanics, with the total minority population being 32 percent of the total.
SALT has a spread of students from all over the United States, including 206 students from California, 94 students from Arizona, 41 students from New Jersey, 38 students from Illinois and 37 students from New York.
Only four international students were enrolled in SALT in 2009. "This school year there are no foreign students in SALT," Singer said.
There are several minority groups represented enrolled in the SALT program. However, it has a minimally diverse program which is still growing. There are 86.11 percent White students, 1.54 percent American Indian, 3.26 percent Asian Pacific Islander, and 1.89 percent African American.
The university has 68 percent Whites, 3 percent American Indian, 7 percent Asian Pacific Islander and 4 percent African American.
The SALT Center has shown a trend for increasing its minority enrollment and expects to continue to meet its goals.
"These numbers represent significant progress," according to the SALT Journal.
Written by Jillian Roggen
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