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Committee on Human Rights annual reports, 1963-1967, 1992-2009

Annual Report of the University Committee on Human Rights, 1966-1967 Page 2

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university and the number of Negro students in the university. It is difficult to get exact figures. However, there are approximately 88 Negroes employed by the university in any capacity, full or part time. Four years ago this number was 95. In February 1966, a head count was made by the registrar's office of 132 Negro students. The number of non-caucasian students other than Negro was 242. There are no Negro students who are currently members of fraternities or sororities on campus although one Negro male student has been in recent years.
(5) In implementing this report the committee has not yet discussed the problem of increasing the number of Negroes employed by the university. However, time has been given to the consideration matter of increasing the number of Negro students enrolled by the university. The committee has met with Mr. Robert Sauers of the Admission office and Mr. John Moore with the Office of Financial Aid and individual members of the committee have had informal discussion with Negro students on these matters. The following three recommendations were adopted by the committee on May 22, 1967 and we strongly urge that the administration implement these resolutions:
(A) The Human Rights Committee of the University of Iowa recommends (1) that the university reaffirm its policies of equal opportunity by continuing to encourage students from lower income families to attend the University of Iowa; (2) since the University of Iowa is not living up to that commitment to equal opportunity in that there are at most 130 negro students out of 17,000 at the University of Iowa and in view of the fact that Negroes constitute a high proportion of those in lower-income families, the

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-2- university and the number of Negro students in the university. It is difficult to get exact figures. However, there are approximately 88 Negroes employed by the university in any capacity, full or part time. Four years ago this number was 95. In February 1966, a head count was made by the registrar's office of 132 Negro students. The number of non-caucasian students other than Negro was 242. There are no Negro students who are currently members of fraternities or sororities on campus although one Negro male student has been in recent years. (5) In implementing this report the committee has not yet discussed the problem of increasing the number of Negroes employed by the university. However, time has been given to the consideration matter of increasing the number of Negro students enrolled by the university. The committee has met with Mr. Robert Sauers of the Admission office and Mr. John Moore with the Office of Financial Aid and individual members of the committee have had informal discussion with Negro students on these matters. The following three recommendations were adopted by the committee on May 22, 1967 and we strongly urge that the administration implement these resolutions: (A) The Human Rights Committee of the University of Iowa recommends (1) that the university reaffirm its policies of equal opportunity by continuing to encourage students from lower income families to attend the University of Iowa; (2) since the University of Iowa is not living up to that commitment to equal opportunity in that there are at most 130 negro students out of 17,000 at the University of Iowa and in view of the fact that Negroes constitute a high proportion of those in lower-income families, the