High school transcripts and standardized college entrance examination test score results from approximately 6 percent of California's 1990 public high school graduates (n=13,641) were evaluated by University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) college admissions officers as if they were records submitted by actual freshman…

This report compares two studies, one conducted in 1993 and the other in 1996, that examined public attitudes toward higher education in California. Grouping the findings as enduring values, changing concerns, and "dealing with the next tidal wave," the report concludes that Californians: believe education is essential for a decent job…

Recent trends in higher education and society, particularly in California, are seen as threatening progress of Latino Americans. Issues discussed include public attitudes about affirmative action, anti-immigrant legislation and sentiment, opposition to Latino studies, demographic trends, stereotypes of minorities, and the "adobe ceiling"…

The "ISSS Annual Conference Proceedings" is a peer-reviewed professional publication published once a year following the annual conference. (Individual papers contain references.) [For the 2009 proceedings, see ED504973.]