The Clock Is Ticking

Autor/in	Bagnato, Kristin
Titel	The Clock Is Ticking
Quelle	In: Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 22 (2005) 16, S.22-25 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1557-5411
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Minority Groups; Hispanic Americans; Hispanic American Students; Culturally Relevant Education; Student Diversity; Urban Areas; Higher Education; Community Colleges; High Risk Students; Access to Education; Student Financial Aid; Arizona; California; New Mexico; Texas; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Ethnische Minderheit; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Urban area; Stadtregion; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Community college; Community College; Problemschüler; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung; Kalifornien; USA
Abstract	Hispanics are the largest minority group in the United States, and the recent influx of Hispanics has turned some states into "majority-minority" populations. Texas has announced that it has joined California, New Mexico and Hawaii in the club, with a 50.2 percent minority population. According to March 2002 U.S. Census Department data, there are nearly 37.5 million Hispanics in the United States. That is one in eight across the country. While the survey also found that two in five Hispanics in the United States were born somewhere else, that statistic will change drastically over the next generation, when the 34.4 percent of Hispanics who are under age 18 grow up and raise families. With the U.S. Hispanic population historically concentrated in California, Texas, Florida, New York, New Mexico and Arizona, these states have more of the onus to be ahead of the pack in educating their Hispanic students. With nearly half (45.6 percent) of Hispanics living in city centers, according to the census data, city colleges are pressured even more to cater to these students. With funding shortages and cutbacks, colleges are already struggling to provide the services these students need to succeed. In this article, the author describes how America's higher education system is bracing the influx of new students. (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10