UGA Fails to Make Recruiting Minorities a Priority, Consultants Say
ATHENS, Ga.
The University of Georgia is failing in its goal to make recruiting minority students a priority, according to consultants who visited the campus and talked with faculty, staff, administrators and students.
“It is seen as an important issue but not among the first five priorities,” said reports commissioned by university president Dr. Michael Adams to assess how the university can create a more racially diverse student body.
Dr. James Hefner, president of Tennessee State University, one of the nation’s historically Black schools, and Samuel Williamson, past president of the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., visited Athens twice and talked with numerous people on campus.
