Md. College, Once A Pioneer, Works To Regain Diversity - washingtonpost.com ...St. John's, the tiny liberal arts college that had been a pioneer in diversity, had just a fraction of the state and national average for minority enrollment.
Dyer quickly issued a call to arms, writing letters to fellow alums and, with others, forming a committee to tackle the issue. And over the past three years, a movement has taken root to lure minority students and infuse more diversity into the culture of the campus in historic downtown Annapolis.
Colleges across the nation are taking another look at minority enrollment. This fall, universities in 17 states created an initiative to drastically improve enrollment and achievement among minority and low-income students by 2015.
