How do you create a diverse student body in a state like Vermont? For some schools, it's by recruiting students from out-of-state. We're looking at ways Vermont colleges and universities recruit for diversity and how they support students who make the move to Vermont.
Rick Dalton, president and CEO of the nonprofit , joins Vermont Edition to talk about the relationships he's orchestrated between Vermont schools and underserved communities across the country to bring a diverse group of students to the Green Mountain State.
Jaydeen Santos, student services advisor at , will discuss her work supporting students coming to Vermont. And she'll share her experience of as one of the first students in a partnership between Christopher Columbus High School in the Bronx and UVM that's now brought more than 400 students to the university.
And we'll check in with Dave Amsden, a coordinator for academic services at the Community College of Vermont鈥檚 Winooski campus, the hear how the achieves diversity across four schools and a student body of roughly 13,000.
Broadcast live on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.
