The Eagle AU boasts a 29 percent minority population, more than the national average. Diversity is an important part of AU s image, Admissions officials said.
Diversity is one of the defining characteristics of the university.
It is one that distinguishes us from other colleges and universities that might be similarly situated as far as campus size and setting, Sharon Alston, director of admissions, said. Maintaining the diversity of the university is certainly a goal of the Admissions Office. Admissions is still in the process of compiling the data on fall 2001 applications, but according to Alston, Our application numbers have continued to increase over the past few years and we have noticed a similar increase among our pool of multicultural and international students. AU is committed to maintaining this diversity at the university through enrollment into various programs that attract minorities to AU, Alston said. Minority students are contacted during what admissions calls the pre-application inquiry stage.