European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Another reflection of Campus racism is All bul forgotten the lad thai Well Inlo the 1930s and even later leading universities in the uni cd slats Riding a Crest a popular Ann Terni list. Enforced quotas on enrolment by jaws according to he . Department of education s Center Lor education statistics Black College enrolments Tell almost 3 proc no Between 1980 and 1984. But increased slightly by 1986. The latest year Lor which the figures arc available Trio department says its Survey indicated there were 1,091.000 Blacks enrolled in All 1986. Down from the Peak of 1.107.000 in 19bo out Over the past decade the Black share of enrolment has sagged irom 9.4 percent to 8 6 percent. A1 the same Limo. Census Bureau figures show. The percentage of Black High school graduates Ages 18 to 24 enrolled in College dropped irom 33.5 percent in 1970 Long 1 percent in 1955. Only 26.1 percent of the Black High school graduates attended College Down idiom a pack of 33 5 percent in 1976, according to the census Bureau the main problem of Access is the hid who Doorn l have the Lulf to  says education Secretary William Bennett among students with similar academic achievements Black a Ludonis Aio just As Likely or More tekely than while students to go to College most higher education institutions have been diligent about recruiting Black students bin not says. The most Senous underlying Barrier to greater Black College enrolment is the need to enlarge the Pool of Black slide nos who have had the right  Black men. In particular Are parsing up College they were outnumbered by Black female College students. 645,000 10436,000, in 1986, the department of education says to 1985.34,455 Black women received Bachelor s degrees. 3 percent More than in 1976 bul the number of Black Malo graduates 23.016, was Down 10percenl for that same period Overall Black enrolment in the University of Wiscons system has Slid 15 Pyrc Cal since i960. Other Stales Are wrestling with similar figures. In mow Jersey s nine slate colleges and universities Black undergraduate enrolment dropped from 18,366 in 1980 to 14,237 in 1985 in Rhode Island 1.975 Blacks were enrolled in colleges and universities in 1986, Down irom 2,211 in i960 Shaw the president of the Wisconsin system kicked up a storm last november by proposing flee tuition for All Mino lies who maintained a a plus average in Core academic subjects in High school. The idea Drew lire irom Many sides including minority leaders at the Madison Campus who feared in would arouse new enmity against Blacks and other minority slide nos. Some said c plus slide nos did t deserve scholarships. In a revised design for  Shaw has proposed doubling min Only enrolments by 1993 in pail wild $1.700 a year giants available to �00 disadvantage Wisconsin  nol us minorities Shaw also wants to raise minority faculty and Stalf hiring by 75 percent and to Groom 15 new min Only pm do each year Lor teaching jobs in the system. The total Prico tag Over four years is nearly s17 million. Shaw builds on the so called Madison plan Hal new University of Wisconsin Chancellor Donna e. Shalala unveiled in february sin weeks Attar arriving in Madison and Linding on her desk a thick pile of recommendations irom a student faculty steering committee on minority a lairs. Shalala. A one hmm Cartel minority enrolment in major midwestern universities in percent of total enrolment in 19b6 u. Of in Chicago 19.7% Northwestern , of Chicago 15.0 d13.1 Ohio state u. Of Mich. 1312.5 u. Of    110.1 u.olwis.-Madisonr-is.5 11.7 u. Of Iowa figures exclude Loreign students e to Bune Chart. Source . Depar Manl of education Charles Holley co president of the Black student Union at the University of Wisconsin i Don t think Madison has a Good image in terms of Black students. There s nothing for you to do if you re Black up  administration housing official. Came to Wisconsin by Way of the presidency of now York City s Hunt or College whore 60 percent of the 19.000 students arc minorities her blues nil fashioned alter a Irene tic found of meetings with acuity student Sla l and Community loaders Calls lot doubling freshman my oily enrolment by 1993. Hiring 70 new minority la Cully Over the Nel three years and 125 minority stall members. At Duko University in Durham . The faculty advisory Council reversed itself last month following faculty and so Udint proles is and required each of Ilia institution s Marc than 50 departments to hire one More Black la Cully member by 1993. The University of Wisconsin faculty Senate is being asked to approve an clinic studies course requirement and Hatala s administration endorsed construction of a multicultural Center Lor a Ludonis although not one left solely in the hands of minority students As activists had called for. Shalala found $1 6 million in ensling funds to launch the plan and is asking the stale legislature Lor 147 million to o for us first three years. Some no the Money will go into financial Aid for the disadvantaged big debit have Ocomo a routine Pait of College Lite for Many students in the past decade wild the Federal government shilling its emphasis irom Grants to Loans. Many educators suspect thai is a prime reason Why the Black share of College enrolment has dropped. They say the military is also recruiting a growing share of Black High school Gra rates Wlsh its Promise of both training and a paycheck. David Wright. 23, min Only a lairs disc Toi for the Wisconsin student association says. A lot of people u5l Don t feel like going out and taking out $20,000 in Loans that s whal ivc had to do then there s the army go ill you can be it s tempting says Wright. A senior from Milwaukee. Sunday May a 1988 the stars and stripes Page 17