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Romano, Richard M.; Losinger, Regina; Millard, Tim – Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, 2010
In his February 2009 address to Congress, President Obama called attention to the problems of higher education and promised a policy agenda to restore the U.S. to its leadership role in student access and completion rates. However, a depressed economy, stagnant or falling state funding for public higher education, and public resistance to rising…
Descriptors: Credentials, Higher Education, Community Colleges, Low Income
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Ornelas, Armida; Solorzano, Daniel G. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2004
This study reported in this article examined the transfer process for Latina/o students at Esperanza Community College. Esperanza is one of the 108 community colleges in California with one of the largest concentrations of Latina/o students. In California, 42 out of every 100 Latina/o public high school graduates pursue some form of higher…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Higher Education, Community Colleges, Hispanic American Students
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Kezar, Adrianna; Glenn, William J.; Lester, Jaime; Nakamoto, Jonathan – Journal of Higher Education, 2008
One of the most vexing problems today involves transforming colleges and universities so that they yield equitable educational outcomes for historically underrepresented students. The traditional approach to achieving equitable educational outcomes has been to focus on increasing the racial diversity of campuses by admitting a higher percentage of…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education, Intergroup Relations, Educational Change