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Friday, April 19,1991
State & Local
The
It's a positive attitude'
College of Medicine leads
in minority recruitments
ty Julie Myers
The Battalion
While underrepresentation of
minority groups in the health
professions continues to be a se
rious problem, Texas A&M's
College of Medicine leads the
South in minority recruitment.
The Southern Regional Educa
tion Board's Health and Human
Services Advisory Commission
in Atlanta has identified mi
nority recruitment and retention
as one of the top priorities for
SREB attention.
The SREB, which includes 15
states in the southern and south
eastern United States, conducts
surveys and compiles informa
tion in areas that interest the
board.
A&M's enrollment of minority
students has averaged between
13 and 14.4 percent since 1987.
The college's retention rate for
minority students is 97 percent.
This year's enrollment of 193 stu
dents includes six black students
and 20 Hispanics, about 13.4
percent.
Filo Maldonado, project direc
tor of the college's minority pro
grams, attributes A&M's success
to its concentrated recruitment
efforts and special programs
such as Bridge to Medicine.
In attempting to address the
problem, the SREB scrutinizes
medical schools in its region that
continue to enroll above average
numbers of black, Hispanic and
native American students.
Hugo Rodriguez Tolentino, a
second year medical student
from Harlingen, said A&M,
more than other universities, has
made a commitment to reten
tion.
"This surprised me because
A&M is very conservative," To
lentino said. "I can tell by the
numbers that A&M is committed
to minority recruitment and re
tention, but I also can tell by the
feeling I get here. It's a positive
attitude."
Tolentino attended Yale as an
undergraduate and applied at
several Texas medical schools.
"When someone applies to
medical school, they look at the
schools that are committed to
things they feel strongly about,"
Tolentino said.
Data provided by the Associa
tion of American Medical Col
leges indicate the college's en
rollment of black and Hispanic
student last year was signifi
cantly higher than the average
recorded by the 45 allopathic and
osteopathic medical schools in
the region.
David R. Denton, director of
Health and Human Services pro
grams for SREB, visited College
Station in November to learn
more about the college's success
in minority medical student re
cruitment and retention.
"By identifying factors and
strategies that have contributed
to that success, we hope to be
able to develop recommenda
tions to help the states in the re
gion improve minority partici-
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professions education," Denton
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it."
, Maldonado said he would
like to see the College of Medi
cine enroll about 20 percent mi
nority students.
The school's administration
makes maximum effort to sup
port minority students and cre
ate an atmosphere in which the
students can succeed, Maldo
nado said.
Tolentino said minorities in
medicine urgently are needed
for many reasons.
"My mother prefers to go to a
Spanish-speaking doctor," To
lentino said. "And many people
in my community do not speak
any English at all. It's vital to
have Hispanic doctors."
Census figures which show
large increases in minority pop
ulations also strengthen the
need for minority health care
workers.
"All Hispanic students I know
want to return home to practi
ce," Tolentino said. "When we
finish our medical education, it
will be time to go back to El Paso,
Del Rio, and the Rio Grande Val
ley."
Minority medical students also
want to be role models and good
representatives of their schools.
"I want the same opportunity
to do for the College of Medicine
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DARRIN HILL/The Battalion
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Bridgette Henniger, a sophomore politcal science ma- shaped fountain in front of the Chemistry Building
jor from San Antonio, dips her feet into the H20- Thursday while enjoying the sunny weather.
Bill provides student lobby
By Mike Luman
The Battalion
Students at Texas universities
might pay a new $1 a semester
fee beginning this fall to fund a
P ermanent higher education
>bby group in Austin.
The Texas House is expected
to approve a bill next week that
will establish the fee and autho
rize a student lobby base of oper
ations near the state Capitol.
Ty Clevenger, chairman of the
Texas Council of Student Body
Presidents and author of the bill,
said students are not well-rep-
resented in the state Legislature.
Student leaders need to con
solidate lobbying efforts in Aus
tin, Clevenger said.
Because students must attend
classes, the lobbying headquar
ters will be staffed by non-stu
dent employees, he said.
"There's a bill everyday in the
House that affects our educa
tion," Clevenger said. "There's
no way we can cover all the
bases."
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