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Jackson, Tamatha – 2000
This paper examines whether Hispanic Americans are more likely than Anglo Americans to view college education as a major component in job attainment. The study reviewed data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and surveyed 86 undergraduate students at Texas A&M University. The college sample was fairly representative of the student…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Attitudes, Employment Patterns, Higher Education
Samuels, Christina A. – Education Week, 2005
More youths with disabilities are successfully making the transition from school to higher education, jobs, and adult responsibilities than they did in the late 1980s, according to a federally financed study that has tracked thousands of secondary school students with disabilities over time. The percentage of students completing high school rose…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Independent Living, Discipline, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Thornton, Maurice – 1981
Background information and findings are presented for a study of Cuyahoga Community College's (CCC's) progress toward equal opportunity compliance as of 1979-80 and of the interaction between three "subcultures" in the history of this compliance. Chapter I identifies these "subcultures" as the advocates, adversaries, and…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Asian Americans, Black Students, College Faculty