Colleges’ diversity push heads to church
CSU outreach effort seeks black applicants
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2010 AT 12:04 A.M.
Already flooded with enrollment applications, administrators at the two local California State Universitycampuses hardly need to beat the bushes for more.
So why are the schools’ presidents heading out to local churches tomorrow morning, encouraging students to apply?
It’s part of a CSU initiative to increase the number of African-American students — a thorny issue throughout higher education, as evidenced by upheaval at the University of California San Diego that was started by a recent party mocking blacks.
Launched in 2005, the “Super Sunday” program sends university officials to dozens of African-American churches statewide during February, which is Black History Month.
Tomorrow, SDSU President Stephen Weber will be at Christ United Presbyterian Church in the South Park neighborhood of San Diego. On the same day, Cal State San Marcos President Karen Haynes will join the congregation at St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Oceanside.