6:11 - Dean Bailey Speaking (brought by Academic Committee)
- born in 1943
- went to segregated schools in Texas
- had a "black mama" like in the movie, the Help
- graduated from Austin High School
- came to Cal Poly in 1969
- turned 70 last month
- been at Cal Poly 44 years
- went to college in 1960's
- MLK assasinated
- JFK assasinated
- man on the moon
- civil rights movement
- caused everybody to have opinions and to think about things
- became Dean of COSAM in 1983
- teacher
- advisor to clubs
- was Vice President of Academic Affairs for a year
- wrote for the Mustang Daily: "Educational Equity"
- published on May 9th, 1990
- knew California was changing
- opportunity to become multicultural state
- in 1970's and 80's, 1/3 of world's immigration to California
- in 1990: more black males in prison than in college
- Cal Poly has highest retention and graduation rate of CSU campuses
- 80% white population
- California in 1990:
- largest in population
- greatest diversity
- educates 1/6 college students in nation
- ranked 42/50 in high school graduation rate
- ranked 31/50 in expenditures per pupil in K-12 system
- ranked 50/50 in pupil-teacher ratio
- bottom of the country
- California in 1969:
- envy of the US
- Watched Exxon Mobile commercials in Master's Tournament this weekend
- need more engineers and scientists to fill current positions
- Has 4 adopted children
- wife just retired as chair of Chemistry Department
- all 4 are multiracial children
- houses Cal Poly students in need
- first = Vietnamese boat person
- escaped Vietnam on boats (about half died)
- now a Professor at CSU Stanislaus
- Cal Poly today (2010):
- highest graduation rate of 23 CSU campuses (73%)
- graduation rate in US: 57%
- one of most selective universities in US
- 13% underrepresented minorities (lowest in CSU)
- we need more equity
- CLA = 82% graduation rate
- OCOB = 86% graduation rate
- majors perceived to be not as challenging = male/female graduation rate similar
- Architecture = 78% graduation rate
- Engineering = 63% graduation rate
- Male graduation rate (81% of college) = 60%
- Female graduation rate (19%) = 78%
- Women graduation rate = 82%
- Men graduation rate = 71%
- correlation between percent of underrepresented minorities and graduation rates
- more underrepresented minorities = lower graduation rate
- Honors Program (what Dean Bailey sees)
- mostly white
- Cal Poly Graduation Rate Data:
- Parents: no high school = 59%
- Parents: some high school = 56%
- Parents: high school = 65%
- Parents: some college = 73%
- Parents: 2 year college = 77%
- Parents: 4 year college = 77%
- Parents: post graduate = 78%
- "I know there's hope."
- he and his wife have had about 15 underrepresented minorities at Cal Poly live with them
- talks to Cal Poly student about once a month that doesn't have food
- every student deserves the opportunity to be successful in college
- 4 students have keys to his house right now
- How can we close the gap between graduation rates?
- one-on-one can help
- Area 52 opens in September!
- more study space than in UU
- study 25-35 (Dean Bailey started that!)
6:55 - Announcements
- 2nd Event Proposals due May 14th
- update first event proposals if info was TBA
- only need 2 event proposals PLUS plan a meeting
- Community Service: Friday, May 10th around 7:00 pm
- "Get on the Bus Concert"
- Nativity Church
- need 5 volunteers
- Courtney is singing
- helps support parents in jail to reunite with families at least once a year
- Marketing:
- putting together survey about what HSB will look like next year
- email hsbmarketing1@gmail.com with questions you want to be included
- E-board elections coming up soon
- start thinking about running for positions
