2009 Performance Accountability Report Vol. 2 - Maryland Higher ...

choice for the children, grandchildren and friends of alumni in addition to being increasingly
attractive to the general population as popular programs are developed and facility improvements
come to fruition. It is also, by necessity, the destination of many minority students as a result of
the relatively high degree of admissions selectivity exercised by nearly all of the State’s public
four-year majority campuses.
Morgan continues to express its capital and operating resource needs necessary to provide
facilities and programs that will be attractive to students of all races. As such, as funds are made
available, the University intends to further diversify its student body through marketing,
scholarships, and continuing the revitalization and maintenance of its physical plant. Further,
continued development of its existing graduate programs and the implementation of a select
group of new programs, most of which would not be offered on any other campus, will assist in
attracting a more diverse group of students similar to the 1960’s and early 1970’s when the
campus had a unique role in the Baltimore area. In time, the campus expects diversity to
increase at the undergraduate level as well due to the familiarity area residents will gain with the
campus as a result of its graduate programs and due to the general prestige associated with
having a significant doctoral mission.
Community Enrichment
Morgan State University will continue to emphasize and strengthen its historic mission; that of
providing an excellent undergraduate education to a broad segment of the population; including
many of the best prepared as well as average students who might not otherwise have the
opportunity to enroll in college, but who have the potential to complete a degree. As it has been
able to do during the past two decades, Morgan State University will continue to develop a
program inventory that responds to the emerging workforce and to changing student interests. It
also will maintain the quality of its undergraduate program offerings, and make certain that
students are equipped to take advantage of the vast and growing knowledge and information
resources available electronically. In keeping with this goal, Morgan offered its first on-line
courses in the fall of 2008. In addition, Morgan will be offering distance education courses at
the Higher Education and Applied Technology Center in Harford County in order to provide
higher educational access to the new civilian and military personnel who are locating to
Aberdeen Proving Ground. At the same time, Morgan is placing additional emphasis on
graduate study in selected disciplines as well as research in these fields. These programs are in
fields of importance to the economy and provide a foundation for an increased emphasis by the
University on service to Baltimore City. Graduate programs also strengthen the University’s
baccalaureate curriculum through increased exposure of undergraduate students to faculty with
research expertise and through their utilization of equipment and other resources associated with
advanced study. As a result of growth in doctoral programs, Morgan ranks second in the State in
doctorates awarded to African-Americans. It ranks thirteenth among all campuses nationally on
this measure.
Additionally, Morgan is beginning to offer continuing education courses to Baltimore City
residents and residents of the surrounding areas. Currently, the number of courses offered is
small, but the University expects the number to increase as the program is advertised.
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