Reaching underrepresented student populations in education abroad is something most universities strive for, but can find difficult to execute in practice. During this session, presenters – who represent the 11th most ethnically diverse university in the U.S. – will help you identify new and creative outlets for outreach to underrepresented populations at your institution. We'll also explore how to foster connections with key departments and identify study abroad program types that draw diverse student participants in the hopes of empowering underrepresented students to overcome actual and perceived barriers to study abroad.
Getting Real with Diversity Outreach: A Practical Toolkit for Promoting Study Abroad to Underrepresented Students
1. GETTING REAL WITH DIVERSITY OUTREACH:
A PRACTICAL TOOLKIT FOR PROMOTING STUDY ABROAD TO
UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS
Andra Jacques, Jay Minert, Dr. Cecil Lytle and Porsia Curry
2. Who We Are
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Andra Jacques – Study Abroad Advisor
Jay Minert – Director of Outreach and Academic Engagement, Study Abroad
Dr. Cecil Lytle – Provost Emeritus, Thurgood Marshall College, Professor Emeritus and world
renowned musician
Porsia Curry – Interim Director, The Black Resource Center
5. A Brief, Recent Racial History of UC San Diego
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THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE:
Morehouse/Spelman/UCSD Student
Exchange Program
Morehouse/Spelman/UCSD Faculty
Engineering Program
Public Service Minor
Teacher Education
Third World Studies
Preuss School
7. The Black Resource Center
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A campus community center that serves
everyone at UCSD w/ an emphasis on
the black experience
Promotes scholarship, fosters leadership
and cultivates community for students
A unit of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Institutionalized programs that students
were traditionally responsible for
Connects students to services on
campus that were under-utilized
8. The Black Resource Center and Study Abroad
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Office hours Thursdays from 2-3:30 pm
Partner in programming throughout the
school year and summer
Focus on:
Dispelling myths about study abroad
Identifying common barriers (perceived
and actual)
Highlighting funding resources
Getting to know the students on a personal
level
Support BRC & BSU events
9. Partnering with Campus Community Centers
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The Cross-Cultural Center
The LGBT Center
The Women’s Center
La Raza Resource Centro
The Black Resource Center
On the horizon…
The Veteran’s Center
Intertribal Resource Center
The Disability Resource Center
The Undocumented Student Services Center
– What is our new approach in an
uncertain future?
10. Advising in Campus Centers
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Become a regular presence in the center
Get to know the names of the pro staff,
student workers and regulars
Attend events hosted by the centers
Be intentional about the types of programs,
info and marketing materials you bring to
each center
Be respectful of the centers as a sacred space
12. Outreach Toolkit
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allyship is not an identity—it is a
lifelong process of building relationships
based on trust, consistency, and
accountability with marginalized
individuals and/or groups of people.
allyship is not self-defined—our
work and our efforts must be
recognized by the people we seek to
ally ourselves with
13. Outreach Toolkit
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Address any feelings of discomfort/personal
resistance
Identify and connect with individuals in
target areas on campus
Seek out sustained partnerships—not
one-off’s
Be present as an active participant/ally for
each group—not just for study abroad, but
for all of their programs
Establish yourself as a go-to staff member for
underrepresented students
Tackle the notion that studying abroad is “not
for people like me”
14. Outreach Toolkit
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Be intentional about recruiting, training and
empowering diverse student workers
Especially students who identify with
your target communities
Engage with organizations like Diversity
Abroad and other resources that enable
access to study abroad for underrepresented
groups (Scholarships, Diversity Road Map)
Provide resources for families
Web-based
In Spanish
Be inclusive in marketing outreach and
website content
Student Identity page
15. Global Seminars – Jazz in Paris
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Faculty-Led
Five week summer program
Two, four credit courses
American Music: Jazz Between
the World Wars
Jazz and the Music of the African
Diaspora
15-28 students
2.0 min GPA
Financial Aid Available:
$2000 summer grant
$1500 GS Scholarships (30+)
$2000 OASIS Scholarships (25)
Additional campus-based study abroad scholarships
16. OASIS Scholarship
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Global Seminars in partnership with the
Office of Academic Support and
Instructional Services (OASIS )
Students apply BEFORE they apply for their
global seminar
Students find out if they receive the
scholarship BEFORE they have to commit
to their global seminar
Summer 2017 fund will award 25 - $2000
awards
Global Seminars are drawing underrepresented students
Cecil – 5 mins (Work at Marshall College as Provost; Morehouse Spellman Exchange; Experience as a black professor; starting Preuss School)
Jay and Porsia
Part of a pattern in racial history (every 5-7 years)
Porsia
Jay, Porsia and Andra
Andra and Porsia – centers support each other; intersectionality
Andra
Andra
Andra
In online orientation, we discuss studying abroad as a diverse student – Be sure to address this in online orientation or in-person pre-departure orientation
STARS Program
Mention DACA student who called us out about lack of inclusivity in marketing materials
Andra – add some ending notes, about putting in the effort and chipping away, one year at a time