Michigan State University Extension
Diversity and Pluralism - D4110192
12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED341316 AUTHOR: Carter, Deborah J.; Wilson, Reginald
TITLE: Minorities in Higher Education. Ninth Annual Status
Report.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1991
NOTE: 63 p.
AVAILABILITY: copies, $7.00 ea.).
ABSTRACT: This report updates information on trends in the
participation of Hispanics, American Indians, Asian
Americans, and African Americans in colleges and
universities. Included are data concerning high school
completion rates, college participation rates,
undergraduate and graduate enrollments, and degree
completion. Because the Hispanic population is the fastest
growing of any other racial or ethnic group in the United
States, yet educational attainment is the lowest, a special
section focuses on the social, demographic, and educational
attainment data for Hispanics. The report outlines the
critical nature of the problem and identifies areas for
future research and policy development. Statistical data
concerning enrollments, high school completion rates, and
degree attainment by race, age, gender, and ethnic group
comprise 50 percent of the report. Among the findings are
the following: (1) Hispanic high school completion rates
and grades continue to be among the poorest of all groups
studied; (2) African Americans and Hispanics made little
progress in achieving parity with Whites in college
participation during the latter half of the 1980s; (3) from
1986 to 1988, minority gains in college enrollments (7.2%)
outpaced gains in total enrollment (4.3%), with Hispanics
and Asian Americans leading other ethnic groups; and (4)
African-Americans and Hispanics persist in college at
considerably lower rates than other groups. (GLR)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: American-Indians; Asian-Americans;
Bachelors-Degrees; Blacks-; Comparative-Analysis; Degrees
Academic; Dropout-Rate; Graduate-Study; Higher-Education;
High-School-Graduates; Postsecondary-Education; Secondary
Education; Trend-Analysis; Undergraduate-Study
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Academic-Persistence;
*Educational-Trends; *Enrollment-Trends;
*Hispanic-Americans; *Minority-Groups
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