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Cahalan, Margaret W.; Perna, Laura W.; Addison, Marisha; Murray, Chelsea; Patel, Pooja R.; Jiang, Nathan – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2020
This report, the sixth in this series, brings together again in partnership the Pell Institute with the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy of the University of Pennsylvania (PennAHEAD). These reports draw from multiple sources of existing data to provide, in one place, indicators that describe trends in equity in postsecondary enrollment,…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Equal Education, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
Cahalan, Margaret W.; Addison, Marisha; Brunt, Nicole; Patel, Pooja R.; Perna, Laura W. – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2021
This report, the seventh in this series, brings together again in partnership the Pell Institute with the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy of the University of Pennsylvania (PennAHEAD). These reports draw from multiple sources of existing data to provide, in one place, indicators that describe trends in equity in postsecondary…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Higher Education, Educational Trends, Enrollment
Hillman, Nicholas, Ed.; Orfield, Gary, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2022
"Civil Rights and Federal Higher Education" offers a renewed vision for higher education policy making, presenting an incisive analysis of the connections between educational politics and educational inequality. With a view toward the future, the editors assert that the thoughtful application of evidence-based solutions to complex policy…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Higher Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Policy
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Walsh, Rachael – Education and Urban Society, 2011
In 1965, appalled by the racial disparity with respect to access to higher education, the federal government implemented the Higher Education Act. After more than 40 years of programmatic intervention, gaps persist. As such, this study analyzes two of the three original HEA programs--Upward Bound and Talent Search--focusing on race/ethnicity and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Ethnicity, Federal Programs, Intervention