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Laura Nichols; Maria Valle – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2024
Undermatching, or students attending less selective colleges than they are academically qualified to attend, is seen as a contributing factor to the lagging college completion rate of low-income and first-generation college students. Addressing the mismatch has been mainly limited to the individual level. Through analysis of interview and…
Descriptors: Time to Degree, Hispanic American Students, School Choice, Barriers
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Thompson, Paul N.; Tomayko, Emily J.; Gunter, Katherine B.; Schuna, John, Jr. – Education Economics, 2022
Four-day school week schedules are being adopted with increasing frequency, particularly in rural areas. In this paper, we consider the academic implications of students in Oregon attending a four-day school week for the first time when they enter high school. We find 11th grade math achievement in 0.09 standard deviations lower among four-day…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 11, School Schedules, Time Factors (Learning)
Horwedel, Dina – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2006
For the first time in the 30-year history of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, the organization is focusing on the nurturing of scientific talent in preschoolers and very young children. SACNAS, whose mission is to encourage Chicano/Latino and American Indian students to pursue graduate education and advanced…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Graduate Study, Engineering, Educational Opportunities