Racial and Ethnic Segregation within Colleges. Research Report

Autor/inn/en	Monarrez, Tomas; Washington, Kelia
Institution	Urban Institute, Center on Education Data and Policy
Titel	Racial and Ethnic Segregation within Colleges. Research Report
Quelle	(2020), (44 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Student Diversity; Racial Segregation; Ethnicity; College Students; Racial Differences; Majors (Students); African American Students; Hispanic American Students; Asian American Students; Racial Composition; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Occupations; White Students; Disproportionate Representation; Institutional Characteristics; Selective Admission; Public Colleges; Private Colleges; Enrollment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rassentrennung; Ethnizität; Collegestudent; Rassenunterschied; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Berufsumfeld; Bildungsselektion; Privathochschule; Einschulung
Abstract	Although increasing the racial and ethnic diversity on college campuses is a key component of any broad policy agenda aimed at reducing structural inequality, access to higher education does not always equate to graduation and equal labor market opportunities. For colleges, students, and society to reap the benefits of diversity, there needs to be more than just a diverse student population in colleges; there needs to be representation of all groups across all fields of study. To understand whether increasing diversity on campus is translating to equal access to opportunity, we examine racial and ethnic representation across college majors over time, finding that Asian, Black, and Hispanic students are often concentrated in majors with other students of the same race or ethnicity and that at institutions where Black and Hispanic segregation is worst, these students are least likely to graduate with high-paying degrees. We examine racial and ethnic imbalance within higher education institutions by using segregation indexes to summarize racial and ethnic sorting inside universities. We analyze whether students of different races or ethnicities are over- or underrepresented in certain fields of study, relative to the institutions they attend. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01