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The recruitment and retention of minority and disadvantaged allied health students. 1989

J Baker, and B A Lyons

School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77550-2782.

Student recruitment and retention has been given high priority over the last several years. The School of Allied Health Sciences at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has been involved in recruitment and retention programs that have produced minority student enrollment of over 20% over the past seven years. The programs are supported by federal grants that have provided seed money to design, develop, and implement three specific recruitment and retention programs. These programs have assisted in enrolling over 575 minority students with a retention rate above 90%. Graduation, licensure, and certification rates have been at or above the majority population. These programs are adaptable at other allied health professions schools and have been used as models for several programs across the United States.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008913	Minority Groups	A subgroup having special characteristics within a larger group, often bound together by special ties which distinguish it from the larger group.	Group, Minority,Groups, Minority,Minority Group
D003625	Data Collection	Systematic gathering of data for a particular purpose from various sources, including questionnaires, interviews, observation, existing records, and electronic devices. The process is usually preliminary to statistical analysis of the data.	Data Collection Methods,Dual Data Collection,Collection Method, Data,Collection Methods, Data,Collection, Data,Collection, Dual Data,Data Collection Method,Method, Data Collection,Methods, Data Collection
D004521	Educational Measurement	The assessing of academic or educational achievement. It includes all aspects of testing and test construction.	Assessment, Educational,Graduate Records Examination,Educational Assessment,Examination, Graduate Records,Measurement, Educational,Assessments, Educational,Educational Assessments,Educational Measurements,Examinations, Graduate Records,Graduate Records Examinations,Measurements, Educational
D005260	Female		Females
D006281	Health Occupations	Professions or other business activities directed to the cure and prevention of disease. For occupations of medical personnel who are not physicians but who are working in the fields of medical technology, physical therapy, etc., ALLIED HEALTH OCCUPATIONS is available.	Health Professions,Health Occupation,Health Profession,Profession, Health,Professions, Health
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013332	Student Dropouts	Individuals who leave school, secondary or college, prior to completion of specified curriculum requirements.	School Dropouts,Dropout, School,Dropout, Student,Dropouts, School,Dropouts, Student,School Dropout,Student Dropout
D013336	Students, Health Occupations	Individuals enrolled in a school or formal educational program in the health occupations.	Health Occupations Students,Health Occupations Student,Occupations Student, Health,Occupations Students, Health,Student, Health Occupations
D013781	Texas	State bounded on the north by Oklahoma, on the east by Arkansas and Louisiana, on the south by Mexico, and on the west by New Mexico.