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Bringing the Multicultural Center to the Advising Office
Effective Strategies for Advising Students of Color
Lizzy Cantor, Academic Advisor at University of Massachusetts BostonLinda Vang Kim, Academic Advisor at University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Undergrads: 31,535
Grad & Prof: 16,033
19.7% Students of color
(Fall 2017)
Image: Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence (MCAE)Data: (Official Enrollment Statistics, 2017)
College of Design, University of Minnesota # Students: 1,434
19% SOC
# Majors: 8
# Advisors: 6
Image: retail.design.umn.edu
(Fall 2018)
Data: Retrieved 9/18/18 umreports.umn.edu
University of Massachusetts Boston
Undergrads:
12,660
Grads: 3,755
53% U.S. Students
of color
(Fall 2017)
Image: https://admissions.umb.edu/admitted-students/checklistData: Office of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Planning
College of Management, UMass Boston
# Students: 2560
56% U.S. SOC
# Majors: 2
# Advisors: 7
Image: (Degree Pathway Options); Data: Office of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Planning
Learning Outcomes
● Identify effective strategies for advising students of color
● Assess your own practices for engaging this student population
● Develop action steps to integrate one or more strategies into
your practice
Think. Pair. Share.
What is the earliest memory you have of identifying as a member of your own racial/ethnic group?
Take a minute to think about it, find a partner, and share your story.
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“...most predominantly White institutions (PWIs) have historically limited access to students of color and have a history of exclusion.”
(Stewart, 2011, p.15)
“MSS seeks to ‘build bridges’ between minoritized student populations and the broader institutional environment… [but] also compels colleges and universities to ‘re-vision’ or redefine what makes a community.” (Stewart, 2011, p.3)
Characteristics and Experiences of Students of Color
● Education critical component for reflection & development of identity
● “Intractability of identity integration” (Stewart, 2008)
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● May be asked to be expert on racial identity group● May receive feedback that they are “too sensitive”● Could be accused of “acting White”
(Smith, 2013)
● Major or career choice may be influenced by family or community
From MCAE to Advising
College of Design- UMN
Portfolio review snacks
CDES First Fridays
Campus climate micro-grant
Calling campus offices w/ student
College of Management- UMB
Addressing identity/cultural implications of
professionalism, time
Late night advising
“First Gen” stories at UMB/in advising
Student notes system
Challenges
● Office & physical space
● Appointments● Staff demographics● Job duties
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Best practices for advising SOC
● Humanizing advising● Multifaceted approach● Proactive advising
(Museus & Ravello, 2010) ● Helping students gain “academic
cultural capital” (Smith, 2013)
● Student advocacy ● Using CRT lens to understand
systemic racialized oppression● Check your own privilege,
diminish racial and power dynamics
(Lee, 2018)
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What have you done?
Where can you go?
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Degree Pathway Options [Three College of Management Graduates]. (n.d.). Retrieved September 10, 2018, from umb.edu/academics/why_cm
[Group of UMass Boston students in cheerleading uniforms]. (n.d.). Retrieved September 9, 2018, from https://admissions.umb.edu/admitted-students/checklist
Lee, J. A. (2018). Affirmation, Support, and Advocacy: Critical Race Theory and Academic Advising. NACADA Journal, 38(1), 77-87.
Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence (MCAE) [Photo of a group of students holding up the letters, "M", "C", "A", "E"]. (n.d.). Retrieved September 9, 2018, from https://admissions.tc.umn.edu/diversity/index.html
Museus, S.D., & Ravello, J.N. (2010). Characteristics of Academic Advising That Contribute to Racial and Ethnic Minority Student Success at Predominantly White Institutions. NACADA Journal, 30(1), 47-58. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.12930/0271-9517-30.1.47
Office of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Planning. (n.d.). Retrieved September 23, 2018, from https://www.umb.edu/oirap/statistical_portraits/enrollment
Smith, B., & Ebrary, Inc. (2013). Mentoring at-risk students through the hidden curriculum of higher education, Buffy Smith. Lanham: Lexington Books.
Stewart, D. (2008). Being All of Me: Black Students Negotiating Multiple Identities. The Journal of Higher Education, 79(2), 183-207. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25144658
Stewart, D. (Ed). (2011). Multicultural Student Services on Campus: Building Bridges, Re-visioning Community. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, LLC.
T. (2017, February 22). Official Enrollment Statistics. Retrieved September 9, 2018, from https://www.oir.umn.edu/student/enrollment
[Wam Shop]. (n.d.). Retrieved September 10, 2018, from retail.design.umn.edu