One such organization, Campus Pride, is a national nonprofit which states on its Web site that it is dedicated to giving “voice and action” to LGBT students. Organizations dedicated specifically to gay college students and gay prospective students have also become more numerous in accordance with the high demand for information by LGBT students. In response to questions about LGBT friendliness factors, Peek asserted that recruitment efforts “attempt to identify talented and diverse students” and “express that Fordham is an open and accepting community to all students.” Patricia Peek, associate director of admission and director of LC Enrollment Group, stated that FCLC does not have a specific plan in accordance with this emergent trend for recruitment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students. Nearly 50 colleges attended the fair, including Princeton, Yale and Stanford. The National Gay-Friendly College Fair, which was held at the University of California– San Diego on April 11, was a prime venue for such recruitment.
This sentiment is amplified by the fact that other colleges across the nation seem to be exerting greater efforts to attract and accomodate gay students and by the fact that services catering specifically to gay prospective college students have become prevalent.Ī recent Chicago Daily Herald article calls college recruitment aimed specifically at gay students a “budding trend” in the United States. In spite of the prevalence of homosexuals at FCLC, some feel that the administration fails to adequately acknowledge its gay students.