Criterion One: Mission and Integrity Core Component 1b: In its mission documents, the organization recognizes the diversity of its learners, other constituencies, and the greater society it serves.

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	SAEM Recruitment Initiatives SAEM, in partnership with other divisions and academic units and in response to the racial climate audit, developed a 2007-2011 University-wide Enrollment Management Plan. Implementing the plan is the Strategic Enrollment Management Team [SEMT], which created the African American Hispanic American Native American Recruitment and Retention committee [AAHANA] to assist in the implementation of the recruitment and retention plan for under-represented students, and to address issues for students of color on campus. One of AAHANA’s initiatives was a collaborative effort by several departments: Office of Admissions, Multicultural Student Affairs, Financial Aid and Scholarships Office, The African American Student Union [TAASU] and the Association of Latin American Students [ALAS]. The jointly created program, Welcome Reception for Students of Color, is designed to prepare new students of color for success on campus by sharing resources and connecting them with current UMKC students, staff and faculty of color.
Recruitment efforts are also overseen by SAEM’s Office of Admissions, which coordinates the recruitment of potential students for undergraduate programs. The office’s staff participates in a number of recruiting activities throughout Missouri, including college fair programs, high school visits, community college visits and employer-sponsored career fairs. During Fall 2007, the Office of Admissions hired a Coordinator for Multicultural Recruitment to work primarily with students and families in the school districts of Kansas City, Mo. and Kansas City, Kan. This staff person is also active with community-based organizations that serve under-represented populations. (See Appendix 1 for “Recruitment Efforts – A Summary of Outreach Efforts to the Minority Community.”) SAEM’s Center for Academic Development [CAD], whose many programs are discussed in other criteria chapters, has a long history of creating programs and providing support to a diverse student body both on campus and within the greater Kansas City community. CAD’s Project First/Upward Bound is a federally funded TRIO program authorized by Congress through the Higher Education Act. Upward Bound offers tutorial sessions, college and academic advising, spring break college tours, ACT/SAT workshops, financial aid workshops, student leadership conferences, and a six-week summer residential experience to firstgeneration/ low-income high school students. UMKC Upward Bound has produced alumni who have completed graduate school, are currently enrolled in medical or law school, or are in successful careers. SAEM’s Financial Aid and Scholarships Office has two major functions: to provide financial assistance to students who otherwise would be unable to attend UMKC, and to administer campus-wide merit- and talent-based scholarship programs. The office supports our affirmative action efforts by administering scholarships and outreach initiatives designed to assist under-represented students. In order to promote these scholarships and to be consistent with our other initiatives in outreach to low-income students, students of color, and firstgeneration college students, the office has recently intensified efforts to increase the number of presentations that financial aid staff deliver to organizations that are likely to have high concentrations of the diverse student body we hope to recruit. Costs of Study at UMKC
UMKC’s recruiting efforts also extend to our academic units. Our School of Law [SOL], for example, has an active recruitment program for under-represented students. In a typical year, there will be 12 minority-focused recruiting activities, such as the Diversity Recruitment Day in October; Reception for Incoming Minority Students in September; Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska [MINK] Recruiting Fair in September; the Pipeline Scholarship Reception in February; African-American Youth Day; Hispanic-American Youth Day, etc. In Fall 2008, 17 percent of matriculating first-year law students were minorities (26 out of 255). This represents a steady increase from 7 percent in 2001, 9 percent in 2002, 12 percent in 2003, 8 percent in 2004, 9 percent in 2005, and 11 percent in both 2006 and 2007.