Latinas lag behind males in degrees earned in all STEM fields except biology/sciences. In 2003-04, Latinas earned 70% of associate, 63% of bachelor’s, 52% of master’s, and 54% of PhDs awarded in biology/sciences to Hispanics.
Research
Hearing from Presidents of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs): Defining Student Success, Measures of Accountability, and What it Means to be an HSI
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Jan, 2007 Institution presidents help to set the vision, tone, and priorities for institutional practices. Direct involvement from campus leaders proved critical to the Latino Student Success (LSS) project series. This brief profiles responses from individual interviews with all of the college presidents to better understand their perspectives on three main topics: 1. Defining student success; 2. Measuring institutional accountability; and, 3. Describing what it means to be an HSI.
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Fast Facts
NCES, Digest of Education Statistics, 2007, Tables 259, 262, 265, 268
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