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Ocampo, Roxanne – ProQuest LLC, 2017
"Undermatching" refers to college ready students who select and enroll in colleges with selectivity levels significantly lower than their academic profile, resulting in attending a non-competitive college, a two-year college, or foregoing applying to college altogether. The current research trend examining the topic of Undermatching…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Selective Admission, Low Income, First Generation College Students
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Luna, Nora; Evans, William P.; Davis, Bret – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2015
The Latina/Latino population is the largest minority group in the United States and has the highest high school dropout rate of any ethnic group. Nationally, just over one-half of Latina/Latino students graduate on time with a regular diploma, compared to nearly 80% of Whites. Because of the growing population and the wide achievement gap, there…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, High School Students, Dropout Rate, Achievement Gap