DIVERSITY IN THE ECU HONORS COLLEGE

Abstract

An issue at East Carolina University, is the lack of minorities and disadvantaged students in the Honors college. The Honors College Socioeconomic Academic Day is an idea proposed to address the issue. The goal of this day is to have high school students from marginalized backgrounds come to the university and discuss the opportunities that would be here for them if they were to attend the university. From the research gathered thus far, there are only six percent of minority students in the Honors college. The goal of this project would be to assure high school students that they are welcomed and would have a safe and rewarding time if they were to attend. In total, this project would provide mentorship for the incoming students even after the academic day to help guide these students throughout their collegiate journey.