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The Importance of Increasing Opportunities in
Higher Education for Colorado's Growing Latino
Population
Putting students first Multiple voices and
multiple strategies
President Stephen M. JordanWhy HSI? Town Hall
Meeting Tivoli Turnhalle April 19, 2007
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Colorados Paradox
35th in sendinglow-income students to
college 48th in sendingminority students to
college Source Colorado College Summit
Ranked 2ndmost highly educated state Source
Colorado College Summit
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Colorados shifting demographics projected
change by 2020
Source U.S. Census Bureau
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Projected High School Graduates from 2002-03 to
2016-17
Source Western Interstate Higher Education
Commission (WICHE)
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Colorados Shrinking Pipeline
80
Denver Public Schools
ethnic minority
56
Community College of Denver
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Metro State College

• Denver Public Schools student population is 80
  percent ethnic minority
• The Community College of Denver offers the most
  ethnically diverse community college experience
  with 56 percent students of color
• Metro State has the largest minority student
  population of any four-year institution in the
  Front Range at just under 25 percent. The state
  average for four-year colleges is 17 percent.

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Economic Sense for Colorado

• If Colorado could graduate
• and employ students of color
• at the same rate as other
• students, total personal income
• in the state would be nearly
• 3.7 billion higher.

(Source National Center for Public Policy and
Higher Education)
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Holding a mirror to ourselves

• Metro State and Ft. Lewis College participated in
  a study that monitors equity in four areas for
  historically underrepresented students
• access
• retention
• institutional receptivity
• academic excellence
• Source Metro State College 2005 Equity Scorecard
  Report

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Reflections from the mirror

• Results indicated
• These students are more likely to need remedial
  courses, earn poor grades and fail to graduate.
  This is true regardless of their grades from high
  school.
• There is a lack of continuous advising and
  support from Metro State while students are
  taking remediation at the community colleges.
• This creates a trap-door effect for many of
  these students, as Metro State admits them to the
  College but then allows most of their initial
  education to occur at community colleges.

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Strengthening our students Safety Net

• Initial strategies
• First-year success program
• Achieving status as an Hispanic Serving
  Institution by the next decade
• Increase full-time tenured and tenure-track
  faculty by 420 by 2011, of those 25 percent will
  be faculty of color.
• Hired 61 full time faculty of color since 2005-06
• Created an Office of Institutional Diversity to
  focus on inclusive excellence
• Teamed with community colleges to restructure and
  align the remedial programs our students take,
  and develop 22 programs
• Aligning with the metro Denver community to
  develop opportunities for students and faculty
  members to work together in solving community
  problems

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Embracing Diversity Through Inclusive Excellence
Metro State values diversity and has identified
diversity as one of its strategic planning goals.

The Office of Institutional Diversity works to
uphold the values of the college mission and
serves as a resource and leader on the
institutions path to Inclusive Excellence.
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• Diversity

• Inclusive Excellence

• The concept of diversity encompasses acceptance
  and respect. It means understanding that each
  individual is unique, and recognizing individual
  differences. These can be along the dimensions
  of age, race, gender, ethnicity, national origin,
  disabilities, sexual orientation, religion as
  well as intellectual differences.

• Inclusive excellence moves beyond numbers and
  involves embedding practices and philosophies
  that encourage diversity in every aspect of an
  organization (Kathleen Nalty, 2007).
• Inclusive excellence promotes the
  institutionalization of systemic practices and
  philosophies generating a broader outcome with
  numerical representation resulting in a byproduct
  of Inclusive Excellence.

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Six Elements of Diversity at Metro State
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Metropolitan State College of Denver POSITION
ANNOUNCEMENT
Position E464   Please visit
http//www.mscdjobs.com for full position
announcement and to apply for this position.
  Psychotherapist Intern (exempt
position) E464 RESPONSIBILITIES (50)
Performs direct services through crisis
intervention, individual and group psychotherapy.
(20) Participates in professional development
activities such as case conferences and
supervision. (10) Completes administrative
duties including case management. (20) Engages
in outreach activities on campus.   EO STATEMENT
Metropolitan State College of Denver is an
equal opportunity employer and encourages women
and minorities to apply. QUALIFICATIONS
Required Completed doctorate in
counseling/clinical psychology from a regionally
accredited institution of higher education.
Previously completed APA-approved internship
keen interest and demonstrated experience in
working with diverse clientele and programming.
  Preferred Previous interest and experience
with psychological assessment APA approved
pre-doctoral counseling center internship
experience in conducting outreach presentations.
    RANK SALARY Commensurate with education
and experience. APPOINTMENT June,
2007 APPLICATION Please visit
http//www.mscdjobs.com for full position
announcement and to apply for this position.
Official transcripts and three letters of
reference will be required of all finalists.
Finalists/candidates may be subject to background
checks including financial and criminal
history.   NOTE Persons with disabilities who
need a reasonable accommodation to participate in
the application/selection process should contact
the Equal Opportunity Office at 303-556-4746 a
minimum of three working days in advance.  
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Metropolitan State College of Denver POSITION
ANNOUNCEMENT
Position F  Secondary/K-12 Education
Faculty Teacher Education Department Tenure Track
Faculty F  Please go to https//www.mscdjobs.com
for the full position announcement and to apply
for this position. IMPORTANT If you have
specific questions concerning this position
please contact Janice Wurster at 303-556-5365. If
you have technical questions please refer them to
Michael Bussey, MSCD Human Resources at
303-352-4179.   RESPONSIBILITIES Requires a
commitment to excellence in teaching student
advising activities professional
development/scholarship and service to the
department, school, college, and community.
Additionally, the candidate must engage in the
equivalent teaching load of 12 credit hours in
undergraduate education with the expectation of
teaching foundations, methods, classroom
management, and multicultural courses for teacher
candidates in the secondary education licensure
programs. Furthermore, the candidate must have
a willingness to collaborate with colleagues and
school personnel in supervising students in the
field and developing partnerships with K-12
schools and a desire to work with a diverse
student body (including, but not limited to,
working adults, women and students of color) to
increase student retention and success. The
successful candidate must have the ability
to work with and be sensitive to the educational
needs of a diverse urban population.
Additional responsibilities include advising
pre-service teachers. EO STATEMENT
Metropolitan State College of Denver is an equal
opportunity employer and encourages women and
minorities to apply. QUALIFICATIONS Required
Masters 30 in education or related field.
Preferred Doctorate in education or related
field. Demonstrated abilities to use technology
in instructional delivery and intellectual
contributions in multicultural education.
Demonstrated abilities to collaborate and
develop public school partnership activities.
Three years experience teaching in secondary
and/or urban schools.
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Inclusive Excellence in Action at Metro State
Source American Council on Education, 2007
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Growing Our Latino student enrollment
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Goal
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Current
If our student enrollment grows at an annual rate
of 2 percent, with our overall Latino population
growing at a rate of 10 percent a year, we will
reach Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) status
within the next decade.
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Metro States HSI Task Force

• The 70-member HSI Task Force visited other HSI
  institutions in California, Texas and Illinois.
• The Task Force developed 55 recommendations on
  how the College could increase its Latino student
  enrollment from the current 13 percent to 25
  percent.

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Lessons learned

• Establish deadlines for admissions and
  registration
• Advocate for in-state tuition for Colorado
  residents who are undocumented immigrants
• Create faculty mentoring programs and faculty
  development
• Provide English/Spanish communication materials
• Require developmental work to be completed within
  one year with closer ties to students as they
  complete this work
• Work with students and their families
• Intentional first year program
• Partner intensively with community colleges and
  K-12
• Hire more tenure-track faculty and have them
  teach lower division courses

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Outcomes

• Colorado SB 08-079
• A Total of 55 Recommendations in 6 Areas
• Public Relations, External and Internal 2
• Recruitment, Retention, and Student Development
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• Campus Climate 9
• Faculty Staff Development and Grantsmanship 2
• Curriculum Development 11
• Assessment Subcommittee 4

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Impacts of economic crisis

• 55 Prioritized recommendations with funding in
  phases top 17 considered for FY09
• Great impact on external communications
• Enforcement of policies to support student
  success
• Earlier application deadlines, Aug applicants
  lowest fall GPAs
• All new students must assess in Eng, Mth, Rdg
• Completion of Level I General Studies in 30
  credit hours
• Development and Implementation of First Year
  Success program
• Expansion of supplemental instruction

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Whats in it for the student?

• Historical Perspective
• Present Impact
• Future Impact

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Putting students firsta demographic imperative

• Higher-education institutions must develop a
  shared vision with their students, constituents,
  legislators and state higher-education
  departments.
• A new funding paradigm.

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