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-89- and students from local universities, including Howard University and perhaps the University of the District of Columbia, as well as George Washington University. At the September 20, 1982, meeting of the Board of Regents, it was suggested that the Institution might undertake a leadership role by exploring and experimenting with methods of affirmative action which might be used throughout the museum community. Such a leadership role might be expressed in the conduct of training programs for museum professionals and museum career seminars for students to interest them in museum professions. Activity of this sort already is being performed by the Offices of Museum Programs and Personnel Administration respectively. To sharpen the focus with regard to minority persons, contact has been established with the African American Museums Association to determine if some collaborative efforts can be developed. The Cooperative Education Program is a staffing program developed in 1980 by the Office of Equal Opportunity. The purpose of the program is to recruit, hire, and train highly qualified minorities and women into professional and administrative positions, where they are underrepresented. Nineteen student trainees from a variety of cultural and ethnic backgrounds have been appointed; six black males, five black females, six white females, one hispanic female and one oriental female. A list of the students is shown at Figure 9.