ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT


PROFILES IN DIVERSITY


An opportunity for further exploration is the cur-


rent status of all types of scholarships and financial aid targeted at the LGBTQ population. Since financial aid is a part of most enrollment management operations, this falls within the scope for consideration. LGBTQ students may be drawn to a particular school if funds are dedicated to support them specifically because of their sexual orientation.


Focusing on LGBTQ students is a part of most


colleges’ direct effort to be inclusive and welcoming. In the last decade, educators have begun discovering and exploring how to include this population in recruitment and enrollment initiatives. Tis article was designed to provide insight into the LGBTQ recruitment landscape to showcase some efforts within the last decade that all types of enrollment management professionals are making to advance the knowledge, thinking, advocacy and actions in support of LGBTQ students enrolling in college. It may be challenging to predict what’s on the horizon for the recruitment and enrollment of LGBT


students, but one set of themes will continue to evolve– access, outreach and expansion of efforts. All it takes is some outward thinking.


Christopher W. Tremblay is Assistant Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management at University of Michigan- Dearborn. He can be reached at CWTrem@UMD.UMich.edu


JULY/AUG 2012 • TODAYSCAMPUS.COM


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