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50 Years of ERIC
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Struggling for Opportunity: Undocumented AB 540 Students in the Latina/o Education Pipeline. CSRC Research Report. Number 13
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Huber, Lindsay Perez; Malagon, Maria C.; Solorzano, Daniel G. – UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (NJ1), 2009
Assembly Bill 540 (AB 540) was passed into law by the California state legislature in October 2001 and was implemented on January 1, 2002. Under AB 540, an undocumented student pays resident (in-state) fees at California's public colleges and universities if the student 1) attended a high school in California for at least three years (schooling…
Descriptors: College Students, Public Colleges, Tuition, Undocumented Immigrants
An Examination of Latina/o Transfer Students in California's Postsecondary Institutions. Latino Policy & Issues Brief. Number 16
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Rivas, Martha A.; Perez, Jeanette; Alvarez, Crystal R.; Solorzano, Daniel G. – UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (NJ1), 2007
California's three-tier public postsecondary system is meant to provide equal access to higher education for all students in the state. Yet even though Latina/os will soon make up the majority of students in K-12 education, the enrollment of Latina/os in the state's postsecondary institutions remains low. When compared to the percentage of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Transfer Students, Hispanic American Students, Minority Group Students
Latina/o Transfer Students: Understanding the Critical Role of the Transfer Process in California's Postsecondary Institutions. CSRC Research Report. Number 9
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Rivas, Martha A.; Perez, Jeanette; Alvarez, Crystal R.; Solorzano, Daniel G. – UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (NJ1), 2007
The purpose of this report is to take a closer look at the experiences of Latina/o students who transfer from the California Community Colleges (CCC) to the California State University (CSU) or the University of California (UC). The authors examine the role of the CCC in the postsecondary education of Latina/o students, the characteristics of…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Postsecondary Education, Hispanic American Students, Community Colleges
Community College as a Pathway to Chicana/o Doctorate Production. Latino Policy & Issues Brief. Number 11
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Solorzano, Daniel G.; Rivas, Martha A.; Velez, Veronica N. – UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (NJ1), 2005
Compared to all other racial/ethnic groups, Chicana/os are the most under represented population within doctorate production in the United States. Furthermore, even though data shows a slight increase in Chicana/o doctorate production, these gains are small in relation to the dramatic population growth of Chicana/os in the U.S. from 1990 to 2000…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Community Colleges, Hispanic American Students, Access to Education