Michigan State University Extension
Diversity and Pluralism - 02170064
12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED243610 AUTHOR:
TITLE: Ethnic Data and Higher Education: A Reference Guide
for the California State University. A Student Affirmative
Action Report.
YEAR PUBLISHED: (1983)
NOTE: 441 p.
ABSTRACT: The report is a comprehensive and descriptive
reference source for California State University (CSU)
administrators interested in various aspects of ethnic data.
Section I is an introduction. Section II presents ethnic
data drawn from the 1980 California census, discusses some
of the problems in the use and interpretation of such data,
and lists nine additional sources of census information.
Section III offers data on K-12 ethnic enrollments in
California and information on high school achievement,
attrition, and graduation patterns. Section IV addresses
ethnic enrollments, participation, and transfer rates in
California postsecondary education, showing data for all
public segments, comparisons among segments, and comparisons
between the segments and secondary school data. Section V
presents data on academic achievement and student retention
and graduation rates by ethnic group. It also provides an
analytic review of retention programs in higher education
and a 44-item bibliography of major sources of information.
Section VI presents the results of the CSU Student Needs and
Priorities Survey, with an emphasis on ethnic group
variations. Among the topics surveyed are student life
goals, educational priorities, satisfaction levels, academic
and social issues, finances, and retention. Section VII
indexes the tables, figures, and appendices in the report.
(SB)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Academic-Achievement; American-Indians;
Asian-Americans; Black-Students; Census-Figures; Demography
; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Graduation-; Higher
Education; High-School-Graduates; Hispanic-Americans; Majors
Students; School-Holding-Power; Student-Attrition; Student
Mobility; Student-Needs; White-Students
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Educational-Attainment; *Enrollment-;
*Ethnic-Distribution; *Ethnic-Groups; *Postsecondary
Education
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