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Discuss “Black students opt out of CMU”

Despite dogged efforts by the Office of Admissions, diversity is down at Carnegie Mellon this year.

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education (JBHE) published its 14th annual survey of first-year blacks at the nation’s highest-ranked universities and liberal arts colleges; Carnegie Mellon posted significant declines in two population areas.

Carnegie Mellon’s number of black first-years declined 25 percent, from 79 to 59 students out of 1453 in this year’s first-year class. The university is one of eight high-ranking universities with a decline greater than 10 percent.

Only 18 percent of black students offered admission at Carnegie Mellon accepted their offers. This statistic — black student yield — was lower at Carnegie Mellon...

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