Faculty discuss enrollment, computers
At yesterday's meeting of the faculty of arts and sciences, faculty heard Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Karl Furstenberg explain the statistics for the Class of 2000, received news about a donation that will provide new computers for faculty and recognized the contribution of eight faculty members who are due to retire. Furstenberg told about 70 faculty members at the meeting that he is "quite disappointed" with minority representation in the Class of 2000 at a meeting of the faculty of arts and sciences yesterday. Dartmouth lagged far behind its peer institutions in enrolling students of color, in part because of the hate incidents that occurred during Winter term, Furstenberg said. While the Class of 2000 is 17.8 percent minority students, 40 percent of Stanford University's freshman class and 35 percent of Harvard University's freshman class are minorities. There was a particularly low yield among African-American and Latino applicants, he said. History Professor Marysa Navarro, who said she is disturbed by the dearth of minorities in the incoming class, asked Furstenberg why so few minorities matriculated.