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Publication Date: 1988
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Exclusion of the Majority: Shrinking College Access and Public Policy in Metropolitan Los Angeles.
Orfield, Gary
Urban Review, v20 n2 p147-63 Fall 1988
Utilizes data from the Metropolitan Opportunity Project to examine trends in White and minority experiences in the high schools, community colleges, and universities of Los Angeles (California) since the mid-1970s. Concludes that Black and Hispanic access to higher education has been severely hampered. (FMW)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Students, College Admission, Community Colleges, Dropout Rate, Educational Discrimination, Educational Policy, Enrollment Trends, Equal Education, Ethnic Discrimination, High Schools, Higher Education, Hispanic American Students, Hispanic Americans, Minority Groups, Public Policy, Racial Composition, Racial Discrimination, School Statistics, Secondary Education, Statistical Analysis, Universities, Urban Areas, Urban Schools, White Students
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California (Los Angeles)
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