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Magazine Praises Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­ for its Commitment to Diversity

A magazine focusing on Hispanics in higher education has included Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­ in its 10th Annual Publisher’s Pick List. The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Magazine ranks Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­ among the top colleges “doing a commendable job of recruiting, retaining, educating and graduating Hispanics.â€

Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­ continues to make progress attracting and keeping diverse students. Currently, students of color make up 20 percent of the student body. The first-year class diversity population is 26 percent. Hispanics make up the largest diversity group on campus, 9 percent this fall.

Hispanic Outlook focuses primarily on current events and topics of interest to Hispanic educators, administrators and students. It has a reported circulation of 28,000.

U.S. News & World Report’s 2006 edition of America’s Best College’s also recognized Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­ for its commitment to campus diversity. Factoring in the total proportion of minority students and the overall mix of groups, U.S. News ranked Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­ 45th among the nation’s liberal arts colleges for its high diversity index.