July 7, 2006

DePauw U. Pursues a 20-Year Quest for Diversity in the Heartland

By ALVIN P. SANOFF

Colleges and universities use various strategies to identify and recruit particular groups of students for admission. In this special issue,

The Chronicle examines the efforts of three institutions: DePauw University, El Paso Community College, and Bellarmine University.

When Robert G. Bottoms assumed the presidency of DePauw University 20 years ago, the institution had just 29 black students and eight Hispanic ones among its 2,300 undergraduates. The admissions staff employed

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