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Download full textBaldwin, Anne – 2002
This document discusses retention rate based on ethnicity for Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC) for December 2002. The study found that the 2001 Fall-Spring retention rates increased among all ethnic groups. The total college retention rate rose by 2.7 percentage points to 75.2%. Among individual groups, the highest retention rate of 76.9% was…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Background, Ethnic Groups
PDF pending restorationJones, F. L. – 1991
As the number and size of different ethnic groups in the Australian population has increased, so has the demand for a measure of ethnicity that goes beyond data collected in earlier Australian censuses, including birthplace, religion, race, and more recently, birthplace of parents. This report and the data in the attached sets of Appendix tables…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Cultural Differences, Economic Factors, Ethnic Groups
Fact Finders, Inc., Delmar, NY. – 1991
Public opinion about multicultural education in New York State was surveyed with samples ranging from about 200 to over 900 citizens. Three quarters of New York State residents believe that teaching the common heritage and values that Americans share is a very important goal of public education. There is some support for teaching history from the…
Descriptors: Course Content, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education
Richardson, Richard C. – 1989
This paper discusses ways that institutions can change the higher education system and environment to accommodate more minority students. The first section, "Institutional Climate and Minority Achievement," presents an overview of the problems facing colleges and universities with respect to recruiting and retaining minority students. In the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Change Strategies, College Admission
Wagner, Ursula – 1992
This report describes findings of a study concerned with identifying environments of support to increase the participation and success of African Americans, American Indians, Hispanics, and U.S.-born Asian Americans in doctoral programs. The project found that supportive environments include: (1) aggressive and targeted recruitment efforts; (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students
Sperber, Robert I.; And Others – 1981
The Metropolitan Planning Project of Greater Boston (Massachusetts) was established in 1974 to promote voluntary collaboration between urban and suburban elementary and secondary school systems for the elimination of racial and ethnic student isolation. This report examines programs that have emerged under the plan, describes the demographic and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Involvement, Cooperative Programs, Desegregation Plans
