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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED248904 AUTHOR: Katsinas, Steve
TITLE: Hispanic Student and Staffing Patterns in Community
Colleges.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1984
NOTE: 17 p.; Paper presented at the Hispanic Roundtable Talk
of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges
(Phoenix, AZ, May 23-24, 1984).
ABSTRACT: An overview is provided of Hispanic enrollment and
staffing patterns in U.S. community colleges. After an
initial discussion of changes taking place in postsecondary
education, information on the low participation rates of
Hispanics in higher education is presented; e.g., in 1978
Hispanics made up 6% of the population of the mainland
United States, but only 3.4% of the nation's undergraduate
students; and Hispanic college enrollments as a percentage
of high school graduates declined from 35.4% in 1975 to
19.9% in 1980. The next section looks at the high
concentration of Hispanics in community colleges, which
enroll 45% of all Hispanic full-time college students.
Information on the exceptionally high concentration of
Hispanics in central city community colleges and on
enrollment patterns is followed by a discussion of reasons
for the relatively high participation rate of Hispanics in
community colleges (e.g., the indifference of four-year
institutions, the open admissions policies and lower costs
of community colleges, the programs and policies of two-year
institutions, and the availability of language skills
remediation at community colleges). The final sections focus
on the lack of information structures concerning what
educational opportunities are available and what aid
programs apply; the lower number of Hispanics pursuing
degrees in engineering and science compared to non
Hispanics; and the large number of Hispanics engaged in
transfer curricula and adult basic education programs. (HB)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Adult-Basic-Education; Affirmative-Action;
Community-Colleges; English-Second-Language; Majors
Students; Two-Year-Colleges
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Access-to-Education; *Enrollment-Trends;
*Hispanic-Americans; *Student-Educational-Objectives; *Two
Year-College-Students
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