ACCESS IS NOT ENOUGH  October 1989


                               APPENDIX A

                    General Questions for the Report


                     Environmental Concerns/Racism

1. Is the environment at UMCP supportive for Blacks to be successful?

2. What are the factors in the environment that make Blacks feel comfortable
or uncomfortable at UMCP?

3. Incidents of racism occur on this campus. In some instances they are
subconscious and unintended; in other instances they are open and direct.
What programs and activities are needed to make this campus as free of racism
as possible?

4. What specific programs, activities and incentives are needed to improve
the overall environment for Blacks at UMCP?

                  Outreach Activities/Bridge Programs

1. What are our current outreach activities aimed at increasing the presence
of Blacks in higher education?

2. Are additional outreach activities needed? Should programs be expanded or
new ones introduced? If so, what areas/curricula/students should be targeted?

3. How do we identify, encourage, and support black students to be future
faculty members?

                            Undergraduates
 
1. What are the reasons black student retention lags behind white student 
retention? Are the reasons primarily academic or nonacademic?

2. What academic programs/activities are needed to supplement the black
students' educational experience? What units can best provide this support?

3. Is there a "chilly climate" for black students in the classroom? If so,
what can be done?

4. Does the curriculum adequately reflect the contribution of Blacks and
other minorities? If not, what effect does this have upon students and how
can the curriculum be modified to overcome this omission?

5. What changes in the non-academic experience of black student need to occur
to ensure that these students feel a part of the university?

6. What special incentives/activities are needed to prepare and support black
students to be future faculty members?


                          Graduate Students

1. What additional programs, activities, and incentives are needed to
increase the black graduate student enrollment?

2. How can the institution be more supportive of black graduate students once
they enroll?

3. What special incentives/activities are needed to prepare and support black
graduate students to be future faculty members? What programs can we
establish at the institution and what programs must we promote for national
implementation (Forgivable Loans)? 

                               Faculty

1. Are the expectations the same for black faculty as they are for white
faculty? In what ways are they different?

2. Do the reward systems (merit increase/tenure) adequately reward the black
faculty for their contributions?

3. How can we be more supportive of black faculty?

4. Do black faculty leave UMCP at rates different from whites? If so, why?

                               Staff

1. Is the institution providing black staff employees adequate opportunity
for upward mobility? If not, what training, mentoring, internships and
financial support initiatives are needed?

2. Are the positions that Blacks are appointed to serving to decrease their
opportunities for mainstreaming?

3. Do black staff employees feel that their contributions are valued by the
institution? If not, are there initiatives that we could implement to
address the concern?