1. Perceptions of the Financial Aid Office through the Eyes of Students of Color

2. What Would Students of Color See When They View the Financial Aid Office?

3. Would They See This?

4. Would They See This?

5. Would They See This?

6. Would They See This?

7. Would They See This?

8. RMASFAA

9. RMASFAA State Population (2010 Census) Ranked Colorado 5,029,196 22
Kansas
2,853,118 33
Utah
2,763,885 34
Nebraska
1,852,994 38
Montana
989,415 44
South Dakota
814,180 46
North Dakota
672,591 48
Wyoming
563,626 50

10. RMASFAA by Race and Ethnicity
State
Population
African-American
Asian-American
Hispanic-American
Native-American
Colorado
5,029,196
201,737
145,651
1,038,687
56,010
Kansas
2,853,118
167,864
70,000
300,042
28,150
Utah
2,763,885
29,287
79,839
358,340
32,927
Nebraska
1,852,994
82,885
33,572
167,405
18,427
Montana
989,415
4,027
6,921
28,565
62,555
South Dakota
814,180
10,207
8,004
22,119
71,817
North Dakota
672,591
7,960
7,229
13,467
36,591
Wyoming
563,626
4,748
4,853
50,231
13,336
Asian-American includes Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander

11. Students of Color
Term used, primarily in the United States, to describe all people who are not white. The term is meant to be inclusive among non-white groups, emphasizing common experiences of racism.
Introduced as a preferable replacement to both non-white and minority, which are also inclusive, because it frames the subject positively; non-white defines people in terms of what they are not (white), and minority frequently carries a subordinate connotation.

12. Reasons why Communities of Color Exist
Historical Reasons
Economic Reasons
Sociological Reasons

13. Historical Reasons
Discriminatory Laws
Segregation

14. Discriminatory Laws
African-Americans 1. Slavery (3.5 million by 1860) 2. Jim Crow Laws 3. De-segregations Laws

15. Discriminatory Laws
Native Americans 1. Wars and massacres 2. Forced Displacement, Forced Education 3. Indian Citizenship Act of 1924

16. Discriminatory Laws
Asian-Americans 1. Chinese Exclusion Act of Internment camps for Japanese Americans during WW II

17. Discriminatory Laws
Hispanic-Americans 1. Mexican Deportation programs (e.g. Operation Wetback, 1954) 2. Reed-Johnson Act of Immigration Act of Recent Immigration Laws

18. Economic Reasons
Poverty levels
Income gap levels

19. 2011 HHS Poverty Guidelines
Persons in Family 48 Contiguous States 1 $10,870 2 $14,710 3 $18,530 4 $22,350 5 $26,170

20. U.S. Poverty Rate in General
46.2 Million
Highest rate in 52 years
1 in 7 Americans
Based on 2010 U.S. Census Data

21. Poverty Rate by Race and Ethnicity
White (9.4%)
African-American (25.1%)
Hispanic (21.9%)
Asian-American (10.5%)
Native-American (25.9%)
Based on 2010 Census Figures

22. Federal Pell Grant Recipients by Race and Ethnicity
Among college graduates, percentage with selected characteristics by Pell Grant status: 2001
A Profile of Successful Pell Grant Recipients by National Center for Education Statistics, Published July, 2009

23. Income Gap Income gap has grown to widest level in 25 years.
1984 (black/white income gap ratio was 12:1)
Today (black/white income gap ratio is 20:1)
Today (Hispanic/white income gap ratio is 18:1)
Source: Pew Social & Demographic Trends, July, 2011

24. Median Income by Race and Ethnicity
All households……………………. $49,400
White, not Hispanic………………$54,600
Black…………………………………….$32,100
Hispanic (any race)..……………..$37,800
Asian…………………………………….$64,300
Native-American…………………..$33,600
Based on 2010 Census Figures

25. Sociological Reasons
Survival
Identity formation theories

26. The major issues we face now are survival—how to live in a modern world. Part of this is how to remain Indian, how to assimilate without ceasing to be Indian. I think some important strides have been made. Indians remain Indian, and against pretty good odds. They remain Indian and in some situations, by a thread.
Their languages are being lost at a tremendous rate, poverty is rampant, as is alcoholism. But still there are Indians, and the traditional world is intact.
N. Scott Momaday, “Confronting Columbus again,” in P. Nabokov (Ed.), Native American testimony: A Chronicle of Indian-White relations from prophecy to the present, (New York: Viking, 1991), p. 438)

27. Perceptions
A cognitive process based on various personal experiences that formulate values, morals, ethics which influence their decisions and perceptions.
Each individual will have their own unique perceptions due to the unique way they have been brought up.

28. One can only show how one came to hold whatever opinion one does hold
One can only show how one came to hold whatever opinion one does hold. One can only give one’s audience the chance of drawing their own conclusions as they observe the limitations, the prejudices, the idiosyncrasies of the speaker.
Virginia Woolf, “A Room of One’s Own.”

29. Perceptions Created by historical reasons Created by economic reasons
Created by sociological reasons

30. Perceptions based on Impersonal Contacts
Webpage
Facebook
Publications

31. Perceptions based on Personal Contacts
Physical Environment
Staff

32. Perceptions based on Financial Aid Policies and Procedures
Meeting Eligibility Criteria
Completing the FAFSA
Completing Verification
Maintaining Eligibility Criteria

33. Conclusions/Thoughts