Diversity and Inclusion Master Plan

University of Rochester

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University Southern California

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Williams College

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Yale University

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PhD Students at SUNY Optometry SUNY Optometry has a small and highly selective graduate program for PhD and Master’s students in vision science. Total enrollment for the PhD and Master’s program s in the Fall of 2016 was 15, 53% (8) of which were females. Sixty four percent (9) were foreign students 8 , 29% (4) were White, 7% (1) were Asian, and there was no representation from URM categories (Table 14, 15).

Table 14. Graduate Program Enrollment by Gender (As of Sept 2016)

Graduate Program (PhD+MS)

Total Headcount

Male

7 8

Female

Table 15. Graduate Program Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity (As of Sept 2016)

Race/Ethnicity

Total Headcount

Foreign

9

% of Class

64%

White

4

% of Class

29%

Black

0

% of Class

0%

Hispanic

0

% of Class

0%

2 or more races

0

% of Class

0%

Asian

1

% of Class

7%

Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

0

% of Class

0%

Grand Total

15

Pipeline Feeders - Recruitment of Underrepresented Minority Students SUNY Optometry has taken concrete steps to reenergize its commitment to recruit and serve historically underrepresented minority and economically disadvantaged students. In 2012, the Director of Career Development was named Director of Minority Enrichment with the goal of streamlining the services, activities, and programs related to serving URM students at the College. The new programs that were put in place and available at the college that aim to recruit and serve URM and economically disadvantaged students are described below.

8 Non-resident aliens are not categorized in terms of race and ethnicity

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