Broken Mirrors II: Latino Student Representation at Public State Colleges and Universities

Autor/inn/en	Schak, J. Oliver; Bentley, Charlie; Nichols, Andrew Howard; Pilar, Wil Del
Institution	Education Trust
Titel	Broken Mirrors II: Latino Student Representation at Public State Colleges and Universities
Quelle	(2019), (56 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Hispanic American Students; College Students; Access to Education; Postsecondary Education; Public Colleges; Educational Attainment; Racial Differences; Barriers; Equal Education; Racial Bias; Educational Policy; Success; Leadership Responsibility; Enrollment; Graduation; Racial Composition; Academic Degrees; Disproportionate Representation; Geographic Location; Community Colleges; Vocational Schools; Selective Admission + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Collegestudent; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Rassenunterschied; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Erfolg; Einschulung; Abschluss; Graduierung; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Community college; Community College; Vocational school; Berufsbildende Schule; Berufsschule; Fachschule; Bildungsselektion
Abstract	The United States has almost 2,000 public postsecondary institutions, which provide more than 13 million undergraduates (nearly 2.8 million of them Latinos) with what is perhaps the key to economic security in the modern economy -- a college education. As the primary and most affordable access points to postsecondary education, these institutions are vital to democracy, which rests on an educated citizenry. Public colleges also offer more affordable access to a higher education than other nonprofit or for-profit providers. Currently, Latinos have the lowest college attainment of the country's major racial and ethnic groups. While immigration may partly explain these low attainment numbers, systematic racism throughout the education pipeline and society are, without a doubt, major barriers to true educational opportunity. Postsecondary leaders also deserve blame for failing to enact more equitable policies and practices that promote educational access and success for Latino students in higher education -- especially the leaders of public state colleges and universities, who are responsible for educating roughly 75 percent of undergraduates and creating 70 percent of the undergraduate degree earners in this country. This report examines how well public colleges and universities in each state are enrolling and graduating representative shares of Latinos in 44 states across the country. Specifically, it answers six critical questions. The first three questions examine Latino undergraduate student representation; the last three assess Latino undergraduate degree earner representation. For each question, the authors created a metric to gauge each state's performance. It is part of a broader body of state-focused research and policy analysis aimed at advancing educational equity and justice for students of color and students from low-income families by engaging issues that affect public colleges and universities. [To view the first report in this series, "Broken Mirrors: Black Student Representation at Public State Colleges and Universities," see ED597792.] (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01