outreach from admissions counselors to help applicants complete the admissions process, confirm enrollment, and attend orientation. Campus Visits – A significant factor in the enrollment process for prospective students and their families is how they answer the question: "Will I feel welcome here?" In the last ten months, the university's Visitation Office has served more than 11,000 visitors through daily tours, group tours, and other visitation events. The office has done this with two full-time staff members working out of ~ 250 square feet of office space. In addition, Visitation Programs is housed in Barge, when all visit activity takes place in the SURC, producing logistical challenges. Adding Spanish-led and Latinx-oriented tours to an already lean staff poses a significant challenge. In addition, the current office location does not afford a welcoming space where Spanish-speaking families can meet before or after a tour. Admissions Center – One best practice in recruiting Latinx students is to offer application workshops, financial aid workshops, and appointments with families and admissions counselors. Currently, the physical space for admissions in Hebeler is not adequate to support these efforts. Diversity of Faculty and Staff – Recruiting diverse populations is enhanced when students and their families experience diversity on campus. Recruiting Latinx administrators, faculty, and staff will likely support Latinx recruitment efforts. This poses a challenge at CWU as current Latinx representation is lacking among administrators, faculty, and staff. The 2017-2018 Common Data Set from Institutional Research 5 shows that faculty and staff minority representation stands at 19.3% overall, while instructional faculty minority representation is 12.8%. The Affirmative Action Plan, data collected May 2017, shows that the minority representation for all faculty and staff stands at 10.3%. 6 Knowledge of Latinx Support Services/Outreach - There are many recruitment efforts being done by departments across campus; however, there is no cohesive list and formal assessment process. Recommendations CWU is positioned well to increase the level of service and recruitment efforts toward Latinx populations. The following provides a list of recommendations that could immediately enhance our efforts in this area: • Creation of a Cultural Community Center, which includes programs for recruiting and transition to CWU; • Development of a Spanish-oriented website for admissions, financial aid, and parent/family resources; • Development of enhanced and specialized pathways to admissions for the following programs: Game On! CAMP, Teach STEM, dual enrollment pathways from community colleges; • Review of tuition waivers through the lens of Latinx recruitment; • Further direct lead acquisition to increase Latinx leads (SAT/ACT, etc.); • Collaboration with Institutional Effectiveness to develop data insights to direct strategic recruitment efforts by geography both within the state and out of state (i.e., California, New Mexico, Arizona); 5 http://www.cwu.edu/oe/sites/cts.cwu.edu.oe/files/documents/CDS_2017-2018_012618.pdf 6 http://www.cwu.edu/hr/sites/cts.cwu.edu.hr/files/documents/Placement_Goals.pdf
CWU HSI Initiative 7.12.18
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