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Download full textSantiago, D.; Labandera, E.; Nour, S. R. – Excelencia in Education, 2023
For the United States to regain the top ranking in the world for college degree attainment, Latinos will need to earn 6.2 million degrees by 2030. To reach the Latino degree attainment goal by 2030, the United States can close the degree completion gap by accelerating Latino completion while increasing for all students and scale up programs and…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Students, Educational Attainment, Achievement Gap
Direct linkPeaslee, Deidra – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Nearly half of all college students in the United States begin at community colleges, including higher numbers of students coming from backgrounds which have been historically underrepresented in higher education. Despite record numbers of new students enrolling at community colleges, the number of students who are retained at the institution long…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges, Community Colleges, Self Efficacy
Sayasenh, Samone – ProQuest LLC, 2012
There is a plethora of studies on Latino academic underachievement, but very little information about Latino students who are successful at community colleges, yet the majority of Latino undergraduates in the U.S. attend these two-year schools. Furthermore, studies disaggregating Latino sub-groups have been limited or non-existent; therefore, this…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Underachievement, Grade Point Average
Peer reviewedHandel, Stephen J. – Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 2011
Five years ago, the "Journal of Applied Research in the Community College" devoted an entire issue to the topic of transfer and articulation. The articles were written by several of the most influential researchers in this area, who addressed a variety of topics influencing transfer and bachelor's degree attainment, such as student…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Equal Education, Academic Achievement, Institutional Characteristics
Razfar, Aria; Simon, Jenny – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2011
In most Western countries where English is the medium of instruction, there is a substantial gap in student success between immigrant English as a second language (ESL) students and non-ESL students. In the United States, this situation has been observed in particular with Latino ESL students. This article describes a longitudinal study of two…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, English, Language of Instruction, Immigrants
Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy (NJ1), 2005
A widening skills gap is at the heart of many of the major economic and social challenges the United States faces today. Too many Americans lack the basic skills and educational attainments required by a postindustrial economy. This places severe limits on the American economy to innovate, grow, and compete in the global marketplace. It…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Adult Education, Community Colleges, Partnerships in Education
