This study surveyed 363 high school students (215 blacks and 148 whites) on their perceptions for increasing minority enrollment at a predominately white southern university. Black high school students perceived that there should be more recruiting contacts by minority admissions personnel, faculty, students, and administrators to increase minority admissions. Varied multicultural events and programs were perceived as desirable, as were increased financial aids.
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