'Portrait" of Latino Freshmen
October 18, 2008, 15:19 Presentadas en: Educación
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Inside Higher Education...
By Elizabeth Redden
A new report tracking changes among Latino college freshmen over more than 30 years is striking, in part, for all that’s stayed more or less the same.
“While changes were evident across the decades, the stability of several patterns is remarkable for such a large and growing student population, suggesting the need for systemic changes to deal with perennial issues,” states the report by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. “For example, while Latina/os now come from more educated families than they did in the 1970s, they remain the group with the lowest levels of parental education at four-year institutions. Scholars have noted that students with college-educated parents have greater access to family and social networks which can serve them well in maneuvering high school preparation and the college-going process.”
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By Elizabeth Redden
A new report tracking changes among Latino college freshmen over more than 30 years is striking, in part, for all that’s stayed more or less the same.
“While changes were evident across the decades, the stability of several patterns is remarkable for such a large and growing student population, suggesting the need for systemic changes to deal with perennial issues,” states the report by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. “For example, while Latina/os now come from more educated families than they did in the 1970s, they remain the group with the lowest levels of parental education at four-year institutions. Scholars have noted that students with college-educated parents have greater access to family and social networks which can serve them well in maneuvering high school preparation and the college-going process.”
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