The Graduate College Office of Educational Equity Programs was established in 1972, to continue programs of Affirmative Action to inform all prospective graduate students of the opportunities available to Urbana-Champaign graduate programs and to ensure all minority applicants an equal opportunity for admission and financial assistance.
The specific responsibilities of this office are:
Progress has been made toward establishing lines of communication with other institutions that have relatively large enrollments of underrepresented students.
It is important that a spirit of cooperation between departments and the Office of Educational Equity Programs continue for the campus to be effective in transmitting information to underrepresented students concerning the opportunities that exist for them in each graduate program.