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1990
The Academic Achievement Program (AAP) is established. It is an administrative branch which provides an organizational structure to maintain coordination, leadership, development and supervision of five organizational programs including:
- Academic Support for Returning Athletes
- Educational Opportunity Center
- Intensive Educational Development
- Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement
- Student Support Services
These programs render support services to students with academic support needs. The primary service population consists of low-income and first generation students
at the university.
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1991
The Women’s Studies Database is created and nationally recognized as one of the premier online resources in the field.
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1994
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The Women in Engineering (WIE) program is dedicated to the recruitment and retention of women engineering students at the pre-college, undergraduate, and graduate levels.
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1994
The Diversity Database is created and modeled after the Women’s Studies Database and was a decisive factor in receiving the Ford Foundation grant in 1996.
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1994
University CORE Diversity requirement added. The Pease Report as adopted by the College Park Senate and the Board of Regents includes a requirement that each student complete a human cultural diversity course sometime during their undergraduate program.
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1994
Podberesky v Kirwan. (Banneker Scholarship Case). The US Court of Appeals rules that scholarships distributed on the basis of race are unconstitutional, and that the scholarship program “more resembles outright racial balancing than a tailored remedy.” This case launches a series of state decisions on the legality of race-based policies in higher education.
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1995
The Asian, Hispanic, and Native American Task Force Report, commissioned by the PCEMI is issued. It is the first report to take an
in-depth look at the status of these minority groups on campus.
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1997
The Award winning Diversity Web and Newsroom debut on the web. With a grant from the Ford Foundation and in partnership with AAC&U, the websites are created as resources on diversity for higher education and the media.
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1997
The first Asian American Studies course offered. Asian American studies allow the scholar and student to better understand the contributions of Asian Americans throughout American and world history.
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1997
Muslim Prayer Room is established.
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1998 - Present
Clayton Daniel Mote, Jr. becomes President. Formerly a vice-chancellor at the University of California Berkeley, Dr. Mote is an outstanding teacher who believes in undergraduate education. He is a noted research scientist-inventor and was earlier chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Berkeley.
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1998
The Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Equity is established. Its mission is to provide a wide range of information, education, and support services regarding sexual orientation and gender identity or expression, and work to establish and maintain a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment for sexual and gender minorities, their families and friends, and the campus community.
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1998
The Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity (CRGE) is an association of academic units and individual faculty whose mission is to promote, advance, and conduct research, scholarship, and faculty development that examines the intersections of race, gender, and ethnicity with other dimensions of difference.
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1999
The Student Intercultural Learning Center is established. The Office of Human Relations Programs begins to offer programs and services that "encourage students to share their experiences and collective voice to create an open and socially just campus environment."
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2000
Hate crimes protocol established.
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2000
The College Park Senate unanimously approves the Asian American certificate program.
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2000
The Baltimore Incentive Awards Program was established in 2000. The program recognizes and rewards young people who want to better their opportunities through a college education. It is specifically targeted toward students who demonstrate uncommon persistence, academic ability, and maturity despite adverse life situations.
The University of Maryland, has initiated the Baltimore Incentive Awards Program to recognize and reward young people who want to better their opportunities through a college education. Modeled on a similar program at UC-Berkeley, the program is specifically targeted toward students who demonstrate academic ability, uncommon persistence and maturity despite adverse life situations.
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