Integrate into UM’s strategic enrollment plan efforts to recruit historically underrepresented students

Owners/Accountable Party

• Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management

Actions

Near-term Actions

• Establish diversity, equity, and access practices in recruitment and admissions activities to attract a more diverse student body; implement annual trainings for recruiters and all enrollment management offices
• Actively showcase and use in recruitment efforts UM and Missoula events pertinent to specific student populations
• Integrate materials focused on our diverse community into recruitment efforts
• Explore opportunities for strategic translation of recruitment materials into other languages, especially for parents of prospective domestic and international students

Future Actions

• Hire recruiters from diverse populations
• Identify and send recruiters to national conferences ideal for recruitment of diverse students (e.g., American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) Conference, Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Conference, etc.)
• Partner with students and alumni in recruitment visits and outreach

Completed and Ongoing Actions

• Hired a Tribal Outreach Specialist who is focused on recruitment
• Made optional SAT and ACT scores in UM’s admission process
• Distribution of McNair Scholars list to departments to encourage recruitment of a diverse pool of talented applicants