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Excelencia in Education (NJ1), 2011
The importance of college degree completion for U.S. society and economic competitiveness makes it imperative to improve educational outcomes for Latino students. Institutional leaders, educators, and policymakers who recognize this imperative are challenged to determine what they can do to improve educational outcomes for Latino students.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Human Capital, Hispanic American Students, Achievement Gap
Balfanz, Robert; West, Thomas C. – Center for Social Organization of Schools, Johns Hopkins University, 2006
This is the first in a series of briefs examining the progress in raising high school graduation rates over the past decade. During this period, the prevailing belief has been that all students who wanted to or needed to graduate did so. However, it is now recognized that in every state there are too many communities and schools where high school…
Descriptors: High Schools, Graduation Rate, Incidence, Human Capital
Santiago, Deborah, Comp.; Lopez, Estela, Comp. – Excelencia in Education (NJ1), 2010
The importance of college degree completion for U.S. society and economic competitiveness makes it imperative to improve educational outcomes for Latino students. Institutional leaders, educators, and policymakers who recognize this imperative are challenged to determine what they can do to improve educational outcomes for Latino students.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Human Capital, Hispanic American Students, Achievement Gap