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<p>McRobbie

Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie announced today (Jan. 15) that the university has awarded $1 million through the President’s University Diversity Initiative to fund 12 projects that will strengthen racial, ethnic and cultural diversity at seven IU campuses.

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<p>[IU</a> President’s University Diversity Initiative announces funding for 12 projects: IU News Room: Indiana University](<a href=“IU President's University Diversity Initiative announces funding for 12 projects: IU News Room: Indiana University”>IU President's University Diversity Initiative announces funding for 12 projects: IU News Room: Indiana University)</p>

<p>[Increasing</a> Diversity: Speeches and Remarks: Office of the President, Michael McRobbie: Indiana University](<a href=“http://www.indiana.edu/~pres/speeches/diversity.shtml]Increasing”>http://www.indiana.edu/~pres/speeches/diversity.shtml)</p>

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Last month, the Bloomington and IUPUI campuses announced a partnership with nine historically black colleges and universities to create a new HBCU-STEM Initiative to attract and support HBCU students in the critical areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. This initiative includes programs of faculty collaboration, joint research institutes, a Summer Scholars Institute for undergraduate students, and an endowed President’s Graduate Fellowship Program in the STEM disciplines for HBCU and first-generation college students.</p>

<p>The time has come to extend the goal of increasing the enrollment of under-represented minorities at the Bloomington campus to all campuses of Indiana University, to faculty and professional staff recruitment, and to the enterprises with which IU does business. This cannot be accomplished with a single approach. IU’s campuses have different missions, they serve different areas, and they bring different assets. To be both effective and realistic, plans must be data-driven and take into account these and other relevant factors. In developing their plans, each campus should enlist the assistance of university resources, such as the Office of the Vice President for Institutional Development and Student Affairs, and the work of the Enhancing Minority Attainment Conference.</p>

<p>We are therefore asking the IUB Provost and the Chancellors to develop campus-specific plans to increase underrepresented minorities in the enrollment of students, in the ranks of faculty and professional staff, and in the utilization of minority- and women-owned businesses by the university. The plans should represent the degree of ambitiousness of the Board’s May 2006 charge to the Bloomington campus. Campus plans should be realistic, consistent with each campus’ distinct mission, and take into account the demographic and economic characteristics of the region that the campus serves, campus assets such as housing, available resources, and other relevant factors. ** The plans are to be submitted to the President by December 1, 2007.**

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