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SIU leaders vow strong role in minority education
Region SIU executives pledged continued leadership in expanding minority educational opportunities after the IBHE released a discouraging minority status report. Chancellor Kenneth Shaw and presidents Albert Somit and Earl Lazerson highlighted outreach, remedial programs, and increased minority participation in science fields at SIU campuses in Carbondale Edwardsville and East. The IBHE report urges several recommendations likely to pass at the June meeting to boost early engagement and motivation for minority students.
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Nancy Weil
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University System
SIU
Kenneth Shaw
Albert Somit
Carbondale
Earl Lazerson
Edwardsville
Board of Trustees
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Shaw
SIUC
Somit
Lazerson
Siu-E
IBHE