Michigan State University Extension
Diversity and Pluralism - D1120056
12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED338740 AUTHOR: Ponessa, Joan M.
TITLE: New Jersey's Urban Graduates: Race/Ethnicity and
Gender Issues.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1991
JOURNAL: Public-Affairs-Focus; n18 Sep 1991
NOTE: 9 p.
AVAILABILITY: Public Affairs Research Institute of New
Jersey, Inc., Suite 100, 212 Carnegie Center, Princeton, NJ
08540-6212.
ABSTRACT: The numbers of students receiving a high school
diploma in New Jersey and differences in graduation rates
for males and females and for minority and non-minority
students are examined. Conclusions are based on graduation
totals reported by the school districts. In the country as
a whole, 71% of all students receive a high school diploma
by age 18 years. A review of data from 15 of the largest
school districts in New Jersey (almost 20% of the state's
public school enrollment) indicates that only 65.9% of
males have completed high school when aged 18 to 19 years,
in contrast to 77.1% of females in the same age group. The
gender tilt in graduation totals exists almost exclusively
in the five large urban districts. These schools are
characterized by a high ratio of minority enrollment. A
study of 5 of the 15 districts targeted shows a dramatic
drop in school continuation from grade 7 to grade 12.
Specific recommendations centering around better data
collection are made to make more information about dropouts
available. Better evaluation programs and mentoring
programs for students are included among the
recommendations for New Jersey schools. Four tables present
study data. (SLD)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Data-Collection; Dropout-Research;
Dropouts
; Enrollment-; Ethnic-Groups; Ethnicity-; High-Schools;
Newsletters-; School-Districts; Statistical-Data; White
Students
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *High-School-Graduates; *Minority-Groups;
*Racial-Differences; *School-Statistics; *Sex-Differences;
*Urban-Schools
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