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# Santa Monica College Named Statewide for Growing Administrative Diversity
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/020905-story/
- Published: 2005-02-09T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T06:04:31.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Santa Monica College has become increasingly colorful. SMC was one of seven community college districts statewide to be named for increasing administrative diversity over the last 10 years, school officials said. The college has nearly doubled its representation of minority groups in its administrative ranks in the past decade.

In 1995, 27.3 percent of SMC’s administrators were members of underrepresented minority groups, officials said. Today, that number is 47.3 percent.

“I think it is very important to have diversity at the highest levels of the administrative ranks of our colleges so that students of color will have role models and mentors at their colleges,” said California Community Colleges Chancellor Mark Drummond.

SMC received an award from the California Community College chancellor’s office for its efforts. Santa Monica kids reach across the world

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 9, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/020905.pdf?ref=smdp.com)