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February 1968 |
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Rev. Michael P. Walsh, S.J., then President of Boston College, announced the initiation of the Negro Talent Search Program. He would commit $25,000 per year or $100,000 for four years to this effort. Mrs. Rosalind Matthews, an assistant director in the Admissions Department, would volunteer her services as the overseer of the N.T.S. effort. |
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June 1968 |
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By this time 34 students had been identified for the program and were asked to attend a rather swiftly put together Summer Orientation Program. |
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August 1968 |
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At Mrs. Matthew's urging that the University appoint a full-time director for the program, Rev. Theodore Lockhart became the first full-time director of the program. |
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September 1968 |
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Rev. Lockhart began the task of putting a system of academic supports in place. He would, however, experience a good deal of difficulty and would resign his position in May. |
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June 1969 |
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Rev. F.X. Shea, then Executive Vice-President of Boston College, would replace Rev. Lockhart with Mr. A Roberts Phillips. Mr. Phillips viewed his immediate task being that of increasing the number of Black students. Consequently, he launched a campaign that resulted in 35 additional students in the fall of 1969. |
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February 1970 |
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University Board of Trustees committed the university to 10% minority enrollment and authorized the expenditure of $125,000 per class ($500,000 per year when all four classes were in place) to expand the now renamed "Black Talent Program." By this time, Mr. Phillips had expanded to 79 the entering class in the fall of 1969. The program enrolled in 1970 about 75 students , in 1971, 62; in 1972, 73; in 1975; about 49; and in 1974, 75. |
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January 1971 |
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Mr. Phillips had resigned his position and the university had decided not to replace him with another full time director. Instead, Black Talent students were allowed to assume leadership of the program and were by Mr. Al Folkhard, Director of A&S Honors Program and a professor in the English Department. The responsibilities of these students ranged from recruiting prospective students to awarding financial aid. This arrangement would continue between 1971-74. |
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January 1972 |
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The regular Admissions Office made its own special commitment to 10% minority enrollment. It rearranged its own priorities and recruiting efforts and set aside special aid packages. The number of minority students enrolled through regular admissions jumped from 23 in 1971 to about 89 in 1972 and 114 in 1973, followed by 74 in 1974 and 81 in 1975. |
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1974 -1975 |
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Rev. J. Donald Monan, S.J., launched a study of Minority Education at Boston College. Two outcomes of the study were the dissolution of the student run Black Talent Program and the appointment of a full-time minority counselor. |
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September 1976 |
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Mr. Monroe "Bud" Mosely becomes minority counselor/director of Minority Student Programs. Mr. Mosely would devote his attentions to putting together a support service system, consisting of tutorials, academic advisement, and counseling that responded to the needs of the students entrusted to his care. |
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May 1978 |
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Monroe Mosley resigns his position. |
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September 1978 |
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Mr. Donald Brown succeeds Mosely as director of the Office of Minority Student Programs. He would preserve some of the hard fought gains of the past as well as plot a strategy for the future. |
