A provisional admissions category allows students with weaker admissions criteria to provide evidence of academic ability. Finally, graduate school admissions have not been capped and efforts to secure grants that increase student participation in faculty research are ongoing. The University has experienced only limited success attracting minority faculty and staff. However, growth in the Hispanic population has raised expectations for increasing Hispanic involvement. Low faculty turnover at the University and limited or absent social and peer support for minorities further compound the problem.
Females are, however, enjoying greater participation at the administrative level.
In an effort to address deficiencies in minority and female participation, The University has established realistic goals and strategies for enhancing ethnic diversity and for monitoring and evaluating progress toward parity.