‘Hispanic’ Applauds Rice for Commitment to Diversity

‘Hispanic’ Applauds Rice for Commitment to Diversity

BY DAVID D. MEDINA
Special to the Rice News
April 8, 1999

Hispanic magazine has ranked Rice University No. 4 in the nation among schools
that have demonstrated a commitment to diversity.

In its March issue, the magazine selected the top 25 colleges and universities
for Hispanics and ranked them according to diversity of student body, curriculum,
student organization, faculty and recruiting and retention rates.

"We are very pleased by the recognition given Rice by Hispanic magazine,"
said Rice President Malcolm Gillis. "I hope that Rice’s appearance so high
on the list of top schools for Hispanics will encourage more young Hispanic
men and women to consider Rice for undergraduate as well as graduate study."

Hispanic magazine explained that "In researching the list, we considered
only those colleges and universities with a demonstrated commitment to diversity."
Hispanic is a general-interest magazine in English, with a national circulation
of 250,000.

"Although we applaud the adoption of diversity goals by many colleges
and universities across the country," the article added, "we find
that actually achieving diversity is still far off for many of our country’s
top schools."

Among the sources that Hispanic used in compiling the list was Hispanic Outlook
in Higher Education; Top 100: The Colleges Best for Hispanics; and U.S. News
& World Report’s "America’s Best Colleges, 1999."

Florida International University in Miami was the top choice, followed by the
University of Texas at El Paso and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The
University of Texas at Austin ranked fifth and Stanford University 10th.

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