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Future research on Hispanic students: What have we yet to learn? and What new and diverse perspectives are needed to examine Latino success in higher education?
(Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, 2012-07-01)
The paper expands a recent review by Nora and Crisp (2009) by offering a line of investigation that identifies research most needed to advance our understanding of how Hispanic students experience college, with a focus ...
Closed Doors Black and Latino Students Are Excluded from Top Public Universities
(Center for American Progress, 2016-10-01)
Black and Latino students are underrepresented in the country’s most selective public research universities, according to a report from the Center for American Progress. As many as 193,000 Black and Latino students would ...
State of Higher Education for Latinx in California
(The Campaign for College Opportunity, 2018-11-01)
This report analyzes the state of Latinx in California education. Specifically, this report reviews preparation, enrollment, and success in college for Latinx Californians. It also recommends actions that our policymakers ...
Latinos and Higher Education
(The Campaign for College Opportunity, 2012-03-01)
Over half of the children attending public schools in California today are Latino. In a few years, Latinos will comprise almost half of the college-age population; however, they are critically underrepresented in the state’s ...
When Affirmative Action is Banned, Minority Applicants to College Have a Harder Time – Even in Neighboring States
(Scholars Strategy Network, 2014-01-01)
The consideration of race as one factor in college admissions was once legally acceptable all over the United States – as codified in the landmark Supreme Court ruling in the 1978 Bakke case. Over the last fifteen years, ...
Latinos, Student Debt, and Financial Security
(Demos, 2016-10-26)
Over the past 15 years, states have made deep cuts to their funding for higher education, causing tuition to rise rapidly, and household incomes have failed to keep up. As a result, student debt has skyrocketed, quintupling ...
Accelerated Learning and Financial Aid Associated with Positive Academic Outcomes for Hispanic First Generation College
(ACT, 2017-12-01)
This report compares several college outcomes between Hispanic first generation college students (FGCS) and Hispanic non-FGCS.
What Works for Latino Students in Higher Education 2013
(Excelencia in Education, 2013)
This compendium contains a summary of the three 2013 Examples of Excelencia, the fifteen finalist programs, and the give honorable mention programs making a positive difference in the educational achievement of Latino ...
The Asian and Pacific Islander Population in the United States: March 2002
(U.S. Census Bureau, 2012-03-01)
This report presents data on the demographic, social, and economic characteristics of the Asian and Pacific Islander population in the United States, based on the Annual Demographic Supplement to the March 2002 Current ...
The State of Higher Education in California: The Economic and Social Imperative for Advancing Latino College Achievement
(The Campaign for College Opportunity, 2013-11-01)
The Latino population in California is large, growing rapidly, and on its way to attaining majority status in less than 40 years. However, Latino college-degree attainment is low, despite a significant increase in college ...