My work with my faculty mentor was very valuable. She said she and her mentor, Education professor Merrill Oaks, intend to offer conference reports together and continue their professional relationship, no matter where she ultimately teaches. Wilson is interested in joining the faculty at WSU following her graduation. All six 1993 Minority Teaching Fellows expressed similar satisfaction with the program and WSU reported Bernard Oliver, dean of the College of Education and program coordinator. The college sponsored this program as part of a three-tiered effort to recruit minority undergraduates, graduate students and faculty.
Minority groups are under-represented among professional educators.
We are determined to make the very necessary improvements, both within our preparation programs and within our faculty. The college has created a more comprehensive spectrum of programs than is offered by any other university or college in the state, according to Cedric Page, associate director for minority affairs and academic programs for the Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board in Olympia. WSU's College of Education is ahead of all the public and private higher education institutions in the state. Other institutions may recruit undergraduate or graduate students, but the Minority Fellows program is the first in the state. We support this comprehensive approach, and are very pleased that the college is addressing the issues of institutional transformation and increasing diversity.