February 15, 2002

Report Notes Drop in Minority Students in Business Programs

Despite a booming economy and companies clamoring for a more diverse work force, minority students "walked away in droves" from undergraduate business programs in the 1990s, according to a report released last week.

Unless that trend is reversed, companies that are now struggling through a recession will have few black, Hispanic, and American Indian job candidates to choose from when they resume normal hiring, warns the report by the Diversity Pipeline Alliance.

"The talented

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