Published November 16, 2023
Recommendation | Timeline | Status |
Improve our underrepresented student populations undergraduate and graduate student enrollment by adopting and practicing campus-wide holistic admissions and institutional grant-funding criteria to ensure that prospective and admitted students can pursue higher education at UB with less apprehension about covering the cost of obtaining a higher education degree. | Annual Fall to Fall | Language revised following the Supreme Court ruling on Affirmative Action in Admissions.
In Progress. |
Strengthen, reimagine, grow and better coordinate pipeline programs for students of color. | Spring 2024 | Completed. |
Identify and recruit from Buffalo Public and WNY Schools Enrollment Pipelines. (Originally recommended by the Community Engagement Committee) | Spring 2023 | In Progress. |
Articulate strategic diversity plans for recruiting, retaining, and graduating underrepresented student populations at the school and academic support department levels, including regular assessment of outcomes demonstrating progress towards achieving a critical mass of representation from these plans. | Fall 2024 | Language revised following the Supreme Court ruling on Affirmative Action in Admissions.
In Progress. |
Conduct annual assessment of outcomes on articulated diversity plans. | Fall 2023 | In Progress. |
Provide transparent, regularly updated and easily accessed data on the President, Provost and University websites regarding race/ethnicity trends of Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) and other minority students, faculty, and staff as well as current programs and services. | Spring 2023 | In Progress. |
Recommendation | Timeline | Status |
Increase our UR and other minority undergraduate and graduate student enrollment. | Annual Fall to Fall | In Progress: F22 Enrolled Include all UR and 2 or More Races: 10,098 Enrolled an increase of +171 year-over-year and +2,606 since 2015. |
Implement a campus-wide holistic admissions. | Fall 2023 - 24 | In Progress. UG: Complete Graduate: In Progress Professional: In Progress |
Invest in institutional grant-funding to ensure admitted students can pursue a UB degree. | Fall 2024 | In Progress. |
Reduce UR, low-income student apprehension about covering the cost of their education. | Fall 2023 | In Progress. |
Strengthen, reimagine, grow and better coordinate pipeline programs for students of color. | Spring 2024 | In Progress. |
Identify and recruit from Buffalo Public and WNY Schools Enrollment Pipelines. (Originally recommended by the Community Engagement Committee) | Spring 2023 | In Progress. |
Articulate strategic diversity plans for recruiting, retaining, and graduating UR and other minority students at the school and academic support department levels. | Fall 2024 | In Progress. |
Conduct annual assessment of outcomes on articulated diversity plans. | Fall 2023 | In Progress. |
Provide transparent, regularly updated and easily accessed data on the President, Provost and University websites regarding race/ethnicity trends of Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) and other minority students, faculty, and staff as well as current programs and services. | Spring 2023 | In Progress. Data will include filters allowing for details by school/college; race/ethnicity; department; term; program; student level; residency; gender; gpa; persistence; graduation. |
