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Generic: Hispanicity and Educational Inequality: Risks, Opportunities and the Nation’s FutureCategoriesCULTURE, race/ethnicity, EQUITY, access AreasPRACTITIONER:group practice and professional learning AuthorsMarta Tienda Published2009 PublisherEducational Testing Service Policy Evaluation and Research Center Policy Information Center AbstractIn this essay, I discuss the significance of the growing Hispanic presence through the lens of education. To frame the challenges — and promises — of Hispanics’ educational futures, I first provide a demographic retrospective, which brings into focus several features that bear on the demand for education and contours of inequality. These include the pace of population growth and diversification; the unprecedented generational transition; and aging of the majority White population. Subsequently, I provide a broad overview of recent educational trends and differentials, and discuss barriers and bottlenecks undergirding Hispanics’ underrepresentation in higher education. In the interest of parsimony, I do not dwell on differences among Hispanic national origin groups. Instead, I emphasize comparisons by nativity because these are particularly salient for understanding contemporary and future contours of educational inequality. The concluding section discusses the social and economic significance of the burgeoning second generation. To underscore the urgency of closing Hispanic-White educational achievement gaps, I consider demographic projections that highlight future challenges for the nation as the baby boom generation retires from the labor force. Files |
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