Progress Report: Enrollment

Executive Leadership: Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs

Unit Leadership: Vice Provost for Enrollment Management

Published November 9, 2022

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.