The Mexican-Americans and Texas Higher Education. A Report Presented to the Texas Select Committee on Higher Education (Austin, TX, June 13, 1986).

Institution	Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education.
Titel	The Mexican-Americans and Texas Higher Education. A Report Presented to the Texas Select Committee on Higher Education (Austin, TX, June 13, 1986).
Quelle	(1986), (14 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Recht; Stellungnahme; Access to Education; Adult Basic Education; Affirmative Action; Articulation (Education); College Faculty; College Role; Community Colleges; Compensatory Education; Educational Policy; Equal Education; Futures (of Society); Governing Boards; Higher Education; Mexican Americans; Policy Formation; Population Growth; Postsecondary Education; Remedial Instruction; Transfer Policy; Vocational Education; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Adult; Adults; Adult education; Erwachsenenbildung; Articulation; Artikulation (Ling); Artikulation; Aussprache; Fakultät; Community college; Community College; Kompensatorischer Unterricht; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Future; Society; Zukunft; Governing body; Governing bodies; Leitungsgremium; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Hispanoamerikaner; Politische Betätigung; Population increase; Bevölkerungswachstum; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Förderkurs; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung
Abstract	The underrepresentation of Mexican Americans in Texas higher education is a major challenge facing the state's leaders. In Texas the growing Mexican American population will constitute the majority of the labor force in 20 to 30 years. The only way to insure a healthy and productive economy for Texas in the future is to invest now in the education of this labor force. The educational attainment of Mexican Americans is falling in proportion to their share of the population growth since 1965. Participation rates for Mexican Americans on college and university faculties are also falling. These trends must be reversed. Community colleges are in a position to offer valuable educational services if their leaders recognize and respond to the needs of the Mexican American community. Statewide articulation policies are needed to guarantee that students can transfer without penalty from 2- to 4-year institutions. Remedial and compensatory programs and the open admission policy should continue. Leaders in higher education must take action to increase the representation of Mexican Americans in higher education--as students, faculty members, and decision makers. This report includes 63 specific recommendations for educational policy related to the issues of participation, community college role, articulation, remedial education, and governance. (JHZ)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC