Tribune: Retention Policy for Ethnic Minority Students

The question of the retention of ethnic minority university students in universities in the Netherlands, especially at the University of Utrecht, is examined. In particular, the cases of Surinamese, Antillian, and Aruban students, foreign refugee students, particularly medical doctors, and Turkish and Moroccan locally educated students are examined. Although each category may have specific problems, ethnic minority students, taken collectively, are not problem students. Given targeted support, they will perform as well as native Dutch students.