These include one Hispanic and an African-American. In our graduate program, we have for more than a decade made a concerted effort to recruit a diverse student body. Fifteen percent of our current graduate students are non-white. By the time they graduate, many of our undergraduate student majors will have had some international experience. We place several students each year in foreign exchange programs, foreign internships, or fieldwork experiences.
Common destinations are western and eastern Europe, Central and South America, and Africa.
Often these opportunities are coupled with credit programs. In addition, we have routinely conducted local research in inner-city communities where our undergraduates and graduates have had an opportunity to participate. Most recently students have worked in Holyoke, Boston and New York on research projects involving issues of race and ethnicity. We will continue to support these successful initiatives. Demand in the Field.