Recruitment and Retention on a Shoestring Budget: Maintaining a

Commitment to Diversity Under Economic

UncertaintyUniversity of Washington

Graduate Opportunities & Minority Achievement Program

Cynthia Morales, Asst. DirectorSophia Agtarap, Admin. Counselor

GO-MAP

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Strategies and best practices for

• Keeping diversity a priority• Maintaining effective

outreach, recruitment and retention during economic austerity• Competing for and

maintaining a robust diverse community of graduate scholars

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Keeping Diversity a Priority

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Be a part of the conversation; be a resource

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Establish diversity as a shared value

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Demonstrate Impact

Maintaining effective outreach, recruitment

and retention

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• Conferences vs. Fairs• Use your networks• National Name Exchange

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Outreach

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Conference vs. Fair

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Use Your Networks

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• Consortium of universities interested in increasing access of URMs to grad school• Average GPA: 3.6• Honors: 32 %• 177 apps to UW

• Work w/ depts to create competitive and creative packages

• Focused recruitment: PSD, open houses, GDRs

• Be realistic about fit

• Be accessible

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Compete &

Recruit

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Don’t underestim

ate importance

of “fit”

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Fit

Meet Sarah

Are you accessible? Are you listening?

Are you responsive?

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Meet Sarah

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Retention: Maintaining a robust, diverse

community of scholars

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• Funding• Networking• Professional development • Participation• Continuous communication• Identify & address hurdles

Identify & Address Hurdles

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•Students feel isolated after generals•Form writing groups

•Lack of funding•Dissertation fellowships, quarterly awards

•Survey student needs•Ex: PhD survey

So remember…

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• Follow up• Establish yourself [or office]

as the go-to • Don’t underestimate fit• Be where your students are• Work towards making

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Cynthia Morales, Asst. Director, GO-MAPcmorales@uw.edu

Sophia Agtarap, Admin. Counselor, GO-MAPsagtarap@uw.edu

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