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Retention Groups

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Introduction: 

Some students at Oxy struggle to handle the rigors of college, though because of no fault of their own.  In some circumstances, these students are students of color, who struggle particularly because of their lack of representation in the campus community.  The mission statement of Occidental College recognizes the value of equity in education, saying that “no attribute such as race, ethnicity, gender, religion, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, age or physical ability should impair anyone’s access to or enjoyment of any feature of Occidental College. Thus equity necessarily entails welcoming the presence of all forms of diversity into the pursuit of excellence.”  While equity is mentioned in the mission statement, the college can do more to welcome as well as support underrepresented students throughout their college careers.  Currently there are three (4?) groups of said nature: Harambee, Compadres, and Sister Talk.

 

Proposal: 

ASOC believes in the efficacy of support groups for underrepresented students; but, with limited knowledge, short terms, and lack of education, student government leaders are not equipped to support these groups themselves. 

Currently, the status of these groups as clubs takes valuable economic resources from other clubs and organizations.  As these groups have been supported financially by Oxy’s administration in the past, we propose that administrators and leaders of these groups convene to concretize the financial structure and future status of said support groups.

 Presented by Ryan Bowen on March 17, 2008