"Financial blows dealt to aid recipients"-September 17, 1982, pages 1 & 7, The Occidental

"Financial blows dealt to aid recipients"-September 17, 1982, pages 1 & 7, The Occidental

Article discusses increases in room and board and decreases in financial aid. Mr. Montaya says that he feels that minority students will be disproportionately affected. He says the incoming freshman class has less diversity this year, he believes because of financial reasons. He says he vows to make an effort this school year to attract more minority students to Oxy and higher education in general.

Cauble, Lee

The Occidental

Associated Students of Occidental College

1982-09-17

2015-11-03

Tatz, Erin

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Cauble, Lee. "Financial blows dealt to aid recipients." The Occidental. September 17, 1982, pp. 1, 7.

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Newspaper Article

This article reflects the attempts made by Financial Aid to address certain issues with funding and how that may affect minority students. Funding is a major concern when tackling diversity within the institution, and this article is representative of those considerations. The article emphasizes the Director of Financial Aid's intent to attract more minority students to Oxy, as well as his concern that funding has been an adverse effect on the influx of minority students in the past. Such a statement allows for a clear image of how diversity played into offices on campus such as the Financial Aid office.