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1. Gates Millennium Scholars Scholarships.
Gates Millenium Scholars offers several scholarships for minority students to assist them with obtaining higher education and reaching their potential.
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2. AASCU. 2003. Access for all? Debating in-state tuition for undocumented alien students.
Examines issues surrounding undocumented immigrants and postsecondary education.
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3. Affirmative Action and Diversity Project. not dated. Immigration debate resources.
This article is intended to help teachers and discussion leaders who plan to address the immigration debate in the classroom or in community venues.
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4. Alabama Commission on Higher Education. 2006. Institutional Student Profiles Fall 2006 for the State of Alabama.
This report presents information on all public higher education institutions in Alabama, including four-year public institutions and two-year public institutions.
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5. Alabama Department of Education. 2006. 2005-2006 Alabama Board of Education report card: A state summary.
This report provides general information on K-12 education in Alabama, as well as information on adequately yearly progress and student academic performance.
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6. Aleman, E., and Rorrer, A. 2006. Closing educational achievement gaps for Latino/a students in Utah.
This paper argues that it is crucial that educational leaders, community advocates, and policymakers engage in analyzing, discussing, and proposing policy solutions that provide opportunities that equal the playing field for all its schoolchildren to succeed, particularly Latina/o children.
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7. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. 2007. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation graduate scholarship program.
Since November 2001, NACME has been proud to partner with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in managing two innovative graduate scholarship programs focusing on increasing the number of underrepresented American minorities in mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering graduate programs.
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8. American Association of Community Colleges. 2007. Community college fast facts.
This webpage reports data from the 2006 fall semester concerning community colleges in the U.S.
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9. American Council on Education. 2006. College enrollment gender gap widens for White and Hispanic students, but race and income disparities still most significant new ACE report finds.
"The gender gap in higher education is widening among certain student populations, but is most striking among white and Hispanic traditional-age undergraduates, a new gender equity study conducted by the American Council on Education (ACE) concludes."
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10. America's Promise. 2006. Every child, every promise: Turning failure into action.
A new study by America’s Promise examines the impact on youth of five fundamental resources -- the "Five Promises" -- that research has shown affect youth development: (1) caring adults; (2) safe places and constructive use of time; (3) a healthy start and development; (4) an effective education; (5) opportunities to make a difference helping others.
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11. Annie E. Casey Foundation. Race matters: Unequal opportunities in education.
This fact sheet offers a quick source for analysis and strategies related to issues of inequity surrounding education. It is part of a series of documents in the "Race Matters Toolkit" designed to help decision-makers, advocates, and elected officials get better results in their work by providing equitable opportunities for all.
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12. Arroyo, C. 2007. The funding gap 2007.
The seventh funding gap report from The Education Trust documents continued injustice in state education funding patterns and for the first time shows how school districts serving high percentages of English Language Learners are shortchanged.
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13. Arroyo, C. 2007. The funding gap (Spanish version).
This Spanish-language version of the seventh funding gap report from The Education Trust documents continued injustice in state education funding patterns and for the first time shows how school districts serving high percentages of English Language Learners are shortchanged.
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14. Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting. Not Dated. ALPFA Scholarship Programs.
The Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting (ALPFA) scholarship program offers a number of scholarships to students of Hispanic descent throughout the year.
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15. Badger, E. 2002. Myths and realities for undocumented students attending U.S. colleges and universities.
Examines perspectives on postsecodary access for undocumented immigrants based on an understanding of federal, state, education, and immigration laws, and on campus institutional policies.
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16. Baird, K. 2006. Access to college: The role of tuition, financial aid, scholastic preparation and college supply in public college enrollments.
Article which "examines how student preparation and college supply interact with the usual factors of tuition, financial aid, and family background to explain state by state variation in public college enrollment rates among Black, Hispanic, and White youth over the 1990s."
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17. Bhargava, A., Frankenberg, E., and Le, C. 2008. Still looking to the future: Voluntary K-12 student integration: A manual for parents, educators, and advocates.
In 2005, The Civil Rights Project issued the first edition of this Manual, entitled Looking to the Future: Voluntary K-12 School Integration. This second edition of the Manual is designed to provide new information, following the Court’s ruling, on what parents, students, community activists, school board members, administrators, and attorneys—can and should do to promote diversity and avoid racial isolation in schools.
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18. Biswas, R. 2007. Update: State policies regarding in-state tuition for undocumented students.
Jobs for the Future (JFF)’s January 2005 brief, Access to Community College for Undocumented Students: A Guide for State Policymakers, reported on trends and developments in Achieving the Dream states around tuition and financial aid for undocumented students. This brief provides updates to the original report.
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19. California Department of Education. 2007. California: State accountability report card 2005-06.
This report summarizes California students' assessment results and disaggregates results by subgroup.
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20. Carpenter, D., Ramirez, A., and Severn, L. 2006. Gap or gaps? Challenging the singular definition of the achievement gap.
For decades, researchers examined the “achievement gap” between minority and nonminority students. This singular definition of achievement gap ignores important within-group differences. This article uses National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS:88) data to examine within-group differences and compares those across Latino, African American, and White populations.
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21. Century Foundation . 2007. Equality and education, A Century Foundation project.
The Equality & Education Project examines the causes of inequality in our schools, analyzes reform proposals, and offers new possibilities to policymakers concerned with the future of education in America.
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22. College Board. 2008. The 4th annual AP report to the nation.
This Report uses a combination of state, national, and AP Program data to provide each U.S. state with context it can use to celebrate its successes, understand its unique challenges, and set meaningful and data-driven goals to prepare more students for success in college.
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23. College Foundation of North Carolina. 2005. Cómo pagar por sus estudios universitarios (Financial aid guide) .
This guide describes various options students have when looking for financial aid.
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24. Colorado Department of Education. 2007. No Child Left Behind: State report card 2005-2006.
This article presents data on assessment results, accountability and yearly progress, graduation rates, school improvement, and teacher qualifications for the K-12 education system in Colorado.
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25. Colorado Department of Education. Not dated.. Colorado Reports.
This site provides reports on schools in Colorado, including information on Title I schools, performance reports, state report cards, district and school profiles, and improvement status and accountability.
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26. Committee on Institutional Cooperation. Not Dated. Best practices in recruiting and retaining minority graduate students.
The best practices category includes program descriptions, goals and objectives and descriptions of success for 17 programs aimed at improving retention and success of minority graduate students.
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27. Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. 2008. Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute: Scholarships and Fellowships.
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute provides undergraduate and graduate scholarships, fellowships, and a congressional internship opportunity.
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28. Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. 2007. 2006-2007 National directory of scholarships, internships, and fellowships for Latino youth.
The 2006-2007 National Directory of Scholarships, Internships, and Fellowships for Latino Youth was compiled by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI).
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29. Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. 2008. Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute: Youth site.
As the premier national Hispanic educational organization, CHCI seeks to accomplish its mission by offering educational and leadership development programs, services and activities that promote the growth of participants as effective professionals and strong leaders.
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30. Cosentino de Cohen, C., Deterding, N., and Clewell, B. 2005. Who's left behind? Immigrant children in high and low LEP schools.
This report studies the characteristics of schools serving immigrant children at the time of NCLB's passage.
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31. Education Trust. 2006. Funding Gaps 2006.
This report documents the process by which poorer states receive less funding for education, poorer districts receive lower funding, and poorer schools within districts are under-funded.
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32. Education Trust. 2004. Education watch California: Key facts and figures.
This report examines educational attainment and achievement in California 2003-04.
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33. Education Trust. 2004. Education watch Texas: Key education facts and figures 2004.
This report examines educational attainment and achievement in Texas 2003-04.
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34. Education Trust. 2006. Education watch Texas: Key education facts and figures 2006.
This report examines educational attainment and achievement in Texas 2005-06.
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35. Education Trust. 2004. Education watch Alabama: Key education facts and figures 2004.
This report examines educational attainment and achievement in Alabama 2003-04.
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36. Education Trust. 2006. Education watch Alabama: Key education facts and figures 2006.
This report examines educational attainment and achievement in Alabama 2005-06.
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37. Education Trust. 2004. Education watch Florida: Key education facts and figures 2004.
This report examines educational attainment and achievement in Florida 2003-04.
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38. Education Trust. 2006. Education watch Florida: Key education facts and figures 2006.
This report examines educational attainment and achievement in Florida 2005-06.
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39. Education Trust, Inc. 2003. Latino achievement in America.
Examines Latino educational achievement in America, describing the postsecondary consequences of the Latino achivement gap.
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40. Excelencia in Education. 2007. Latinos in graduate education.
This fact sheet provides statistics about Latino enrollment, financial aid, and attainment in graduate level postsecondary education.
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41. Excelencia in Education. 2007. Latinos in undergraduate education.
This factsheet provides statistics about Latino undergraduate enrollment, financial aid, and degree attainment.
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42. Excelencia in Education. 2006. California policy options to accelerate Latino success in higher education.
This report describes policy making in California in relation to improving the success of Latino students in higher education.
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43. Excellencia in Education/ Institute for Higher Education Policy. 2005. How Latino students pay for college: Patterns of financial aid in 2003-04.
Provides a profile of Latino undergraduates and an overview of Latino students participating in financial aid programs.
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44. FinAid. 2005. Financial aid and scholarships for undocumented students.
Contains information about states that allow in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants, and about scholarships available for undocumented immigrant students.
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45. Frankenberg, E., and Siegel-Hawley, G. 2008. Are teachers prepared for racially diverse schools? Teachers describe their preparation, resources, and practices for racially diverse schools.
Given the changing racial demographics of the nation’s schools and the primary role of teachers in shaping the education of their students, this report takes advantage of a unique opportunity to ask a broad sample of more than 1,000 of the country’s educators about subjects that are rarely studied in national surveys.
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46. Frehill, L., and Di Fabio, N. 2008. The status of Latinos/as in engineering: Confronting the "new" American dilemma.
This report details Latinos/as': Preparation for college study Participation in college engineering majors at the associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree levels Labor force participation in engineering Earnings in engineering Engineering faculty representation.
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47. Frehill, L., Di Fabio, N., and Hill, S. 2008. Confronting the "new" American dilemma: Underrepresented minorities in engineering: A data-based look at diversity (Executive Summary).

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48. Fry, R. 2005. The High Schools Hispanics Attend: Size and Other Key Characteristics.
This report describes the characteristics of high schools that Hispanic students attend. The findings of this report have important implications for the achievement gap and education policy.
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49. Fry, R. 2007. How far behind in math and reading are English Language Learners?.
As Congress considers the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law, an analysis of recent data from standardized testing around the country shows that the fast growing number of students designated as English language learners (ELL) are among those farthest behind.
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50. Garcia, E., and Gonzales, D. 2006. Pre-K and Latinos: The foundation for America's future.
Hispanic children often start school less prepared than their white peers and rarely catch up during the primary grades. The achievement gap between Latino and non-Latino students actually begins before children even enter kindergarten and persists throughout the K-12 years.
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51. Gasbara, P. and Johnson, J. 2008. A matter of trust: Ten key insights from recent public opinion research on attitudes about education among Hispanic parents.
A Matter of Trust: Ten Key Insights from Recent Public Opinion Research on Attitudes About Education Among Hispanic Parents, Students and Young Adults, recently released by Public Agenda, reports that Hispanic parents place a high value on going to college as necessary for success in the workforce, while documenting the extent to which they perceive substantial financial and other barriers to college.
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52. Gasbarra, P. and Johnson, J. 2008. Out before the game begins: Hispanic leaders talk about what's needed to bring more Hispanic youngsters into science, technology and math professions.
For this project, Public Agenda interviewed 19 Hispanic leaders from business, government, technology, community and advocacy fields to develop insight into ways that Hispanic students could be better prepared and encouraged to enter STEM fields.
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53. Gold, N. 2006. Successful bilingual schools: Six effective programs in California.
the The goal of this study is to illustrate that bilingual schools are capable of providing opportunities for students to achieve and sustain high levels of academic excellence even when faced with challenges such as poverty and a lack of English proficiency upon entering school.
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54. Government Accountability Office. 2006. Childcare and early childhood education: More information sharing and program review by HHS could enhance access for families with limited English proficiency.
Questions have been raised about whether parents with limited English proficiency are having difficulty accessing child care and early education programs for their children. Research suggests that quality early care experiences can greatly improve the school readiness of young children.
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55. Hispanic College Fund. Not Dated. Hispanic College Fund.
The Hispanic College Fund provides talented and underprivileged Hispanic youth with vision, mentors, resources and scholarships.
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56. Hispanic Magazine.com. 2006. Top 25 colleges for Latinos.
Website featuring Hispanic Magazine's list of "superior centers of higher learning where Hispanic students are thriving."
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57. Hispanic Scholarship Fund. 2007. Hispanic Scholarship Fund.
The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) is the nation's leading organization supporting Hispanic higher education. HSF was founded in 1975 with a vision of strengthening the country by advancing college education among Hispanic Americans-the largest minority segment of the U.S. population.
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58. Hispanic Scholarship Fund. Not Dated. Destination university: A guide to college for students and their families (English Version).
This guide assists Hispanic students and their families in preparing for college, beginning the college preparation process in middle school, and continuing through high school.
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59. Hispanic Scholarship Fund. Not Dated. Destination university: A guide to college for students and their families (Spanish Version).
This (Spanish language) guide assists Hispanic students and their families in preparing for college, beginning the college preparation process in middle school, and continuing through high school.
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60. Hispanic Scholarship Fund. 2002. The money manual: A personal finance guide from the Hispanic Scholarship Fund.
The Money Manual provides information and guidance to help students maintain their personal finances during the college years and beyond. It also provides a section aimed specifically at parents.
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61. Hispanic Scholarship Fund. 2007. Hispanic Scholarship Fund: Frequently asked questions.
This page answers frequently asked questions about the scholarships offered by HSF.
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62. Hispanic Scholarship Fund. Not Dated. Hispanic Scholarship Fund.
This website contains an online scholarship application for Hispanic students attending both high school and community college. It also includes links to additional resources about college preparation and selecting a college and major.
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63. Indiana Chamber of Commerce. 2008. Indiana's adult education and workforce skills performance report: Preparing adults for a brighter future.
This Performance Report is intended to supplement important efforts that are already underway in Indiana. It gauges the ability of the state’s education providers to address the long-term workforce needs of the state.
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64. Intercultural Development Research Association. 2007. Hacia Adelante - Pathways to College - A Guide for Latino Families.
This guide explains how to plan for college. It is designed as a planning workbook, and includes steps for choosing high school courses, selecting a college or university, financial aid planning, and an action calendar.
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65. Ithaca College. 2006. Ithaca College - Frederick Douglass Academy Partnership.
Established in 1997, the Ithaca College-Frederick Douglass Academy (FDA) Partnership is a collaboration between the College and FDA, a public middle/high school in New York City's Harlem community.
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66. Kahlenberg, R. 2006. White students are racially isolated.
Segregation remained high in 2005-06 for all racial groups except Asians. White students remained the most racially isolated, although they attended schools with slightly more minority students than in the past.
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67. Kahlenberg, R. 2007. Rescuing Brown v. Board of Education: Profiles of twelve school districts pursuing socioeconomic school integration.
This report examines school districts that are implementing socioeconomic school integration and the effects of such integration in light of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions to curtail school integration by race.
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68. Kemple, J., and Scott-Clayton, J. 2004. Career academies: Impacts on labor market outcomes and educational attainment.
This report describes how Career Academies influenced students’ capacity to improve their labor market prospects and sustain their engagement in post-secondary education programs in the four years following their expected graduation.
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69. Klopfenstein, K. 2004. The advanced placement expansion of the '90's: How did traditionally underserved students fare.
Examines the impact of the tremendous growth of the AP program in the 1990s on traditionally underserved students.
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70. Kozol, J., and Rothman, R. 2005. Jonathan Kozol interview transcript: Source material for "Segregation and its Calamitous Effects, America's "Apartheid" Schools".
On November 19, 2005 Jonathan Kozol spoke with Voices in Urban Education editor Robert Rothman about the conditions of children in urban schools and the role of education reformers in perpetuating inequalities.
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71. Krueger, C. 2006. In state tuition for undocumented immigrants.
Provides information on individual state legislation and actions to address the issue of postseoncdary access for undocumented immigrant students.
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72. Lumina Foundation for Education. 2008. Lumina Foundation Lessons: Students aren't just data points, but numbers do count.
This issue of Lumina Foundation Lessons highlights the work of grantees at three distinct postsecondary institutions: Tallahassee Community College in Florida, Harry S Truman College in Chicago and the University of Southern California.
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73. Marquez, A. 2006. College scholarships for Latino students: Are opportunities being missed?.
This study's main research findings suggest that although information-providing organizations offer a variety of financial aid and career information to Latino and other minority students, they do not provide or disseminate their information in a manner that most effectively reaches Latino students and parents.
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74. Martinez, T., and Wang, T. Supporting English language acquisition: Opportunities for foundations to strengthen the social and economic well-being of immigrant families.
This briefing paper highlights several promising practices in promoting language acquisition, drawing examples primarily from California, Illinois, and Texas, states with longstanding immigrant populations and historically high numbers of immigrant children and families.
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75. McCall, M., Hauser, C., Cronin, J., Kingsbury, G., and Houser, R. 2006. Achievement gaps: An examination of differences in student achievement and growth.
This study examines the achievement gap using a large sample of students from a wide variety of school districts across the United States. It examines the achievement gap by measuring student achievement and student growth along a continuous, cross-grade measurement scale.
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76. McNeil, L., Coppola, E., Radigan, J., and Vasquez Heilig, J. 2008. Avoidable Losses: High-Stakes Accountability and the Dropout Crisis.
A new study, Avoidable Losses: High-Stakes Accountability and the Dropout Crisis, by researchers from Rice University and the University of Texas-Austin, indicates that the Texas public school accountability system, the model for the national No Child Left Behind Act, contributes directly to low graduation rates, with a disproportionate number of dropouts being African American, Latino, and English Language Learners.
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77. Mejorado, M. Not dated. Mentoring high-school Latino students: Realism versus false hope.
Hypothesizes that successful mentoring relationships among Latino high school students and Latino mentors increase when matched according to certain criteria.
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78. Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Not Dated. AB 540 is a change in the law: Higher education is now more affordable for California's immigrant students.
This document explains the ramifications of AB 540.
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79. National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering. Not Dated. National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) Scholarships.
The National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) offers scholarships to minority students in the field of engineering.
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80. National Association of Hispanic Publications. Not Dated. Scholarships for Hispanics.
The National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP) Foundation provides the Hispanic Scholarship Directory as a free resource for aspiring Hispanic residents.
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81. National Association of System Heads and The Education Trust. 2007. Access to success initiative.
This national initiative, a project of the National Association of System Heads and the Education Trust, is designed to increase the number of college-educated Americans and ensure that graduates include far more young people from low-income and minority families.
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82. National Immigration Law Center. 2005. Basic facts about in-state tuition for undocumented immigrant students.
Contains background information on laws passed by nine states permitting certain undocumented students who have attended and graduated from primary and secondary schools to pay in-state tuition.
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83. New York GEAR UP. Not Dated. Financial aid and scholarship information for undocumented students.
This site explains the options undocumented students have for receiving financial aid.
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84. Olsen, L. 2006. Ensuring academic success for English learners.
Despite major policy efforts to impact English Language Learner (ELL) achievement, the gap between ELLs and English-fluent students has remained almost constant over the past decade.
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85. Orfield, G., and Lee, C. 2006. Racial transformation and the changing nature of segregation.
This report is about the changing patterns of segregation in American public schools through the 2003-2004 school year. It examines the transformation of racial composition in the nation’s schools, the dynamic patterns of segregation and desegregation of all racial groups in regions, states, and districts by using data from 1968 until 2003-4.
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86. Orfield, G., and Lee, C. 2005. New faces, old patterns: Segregation in the multiracial south.
Since the l980s, the tremendous progress in school racial integration in the South has been slowly eroding year by year, as black students and the exploding population of Latino students become more isolated from white students.
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87. Pachon, H and Zarate, M. 2006. Perceptions of college financial aid among California Latino youth.
Report discussing the implications of latino students' perceptions of college financial aid.
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88. Project Stepping Stone. 2008. Project stepping stone: A college preparation program for Hispanic youth.
Project Stepping Stone is a free one-week college preparatory program for for Hispanic Junios and Seniors across Indiana, who are interested in college. This program helps Hispanic high school students successfully transition to college and beyond, and introduces participants to numerous career possibilities.
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89. Puente Project. 2006. Puente Project.
The Puente Project is an academic preparation program whose mission is to increase the number of educationally disadvantaged students who: enroll in four-year colleges and universities.
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90. Ruge, T., and Iza, A. 2005. Higher education for undocumented students: The case for open admission and in-state tuition rates for students without lawful immigration status.
Examines the plight of undocumented immigrant students seeking access to higher education. (Copyright Indiana International and Comparative Law Review Vol. 15.2)
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91. Sallie Mae. 2006. Sallie Mae: First in my family scholarship.
The First in My Family Scholarship Program, administered by the Hispanic College Fund, offers scholarships to Hispanic students who are the first in their family to attend college. Scholarships range from $500 to $5,000.
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92. Saludos. Not Dated. Law, Education, Social Services Scholarships.
Saludos compiled a number of scholarships for minority students pursuing careers in the fields of law, education, and social services.
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93. Santiago, D. 2006. Inventing Hispanic serving institutions (HSIs): The basics.
Almost half of all Latino students in higher education are enrolled in just 6 percent of the institutions of higher education in the United States, known as Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). This brief serves as a primer on the conditions and history behind their invention, the processes for identification, and the general institutional characteristics of HSIs.
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94. Santiago, D. 2007. Choosing Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs): A closer look at Latino students college choices.
In 2003-04, almost half of Latino undergraduate students were concentrated in the 6 percent of institutions of higher education in the United States identified as Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) (236 institutions). To understand why so many Latino students are concentrated in so few institutions, analysis of data on HSIs was combined with findings from focus groups and interviews with a sample of students at HSIs and non-HSIs.
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95. Santiago, D. 2007. Voces (Voices): A profile of today's Latino college students .
Designed to assist higher education decision makers in listening to the voices of Latino students, this publication presents the challenges and complexities of college and university affordability from the perspective of the students themselves.
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96. Santiago, D. 2008. Modeling Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs): Campus practices that work for Latino students.
This brief profiles 12 academic institutions in California, New York, and Texas that are working to increase Latino student success.
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97. Scholarships Around the U.S. not dated. Low income student scholarships.
This article lists several national scholarships specifically available for students from low income families seeking aid to go to college. The article also describes scholarships for racial and ethnic minority students.
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98. Southern Regional Education Board. 2007. Alabama: Featured facts from the SREB Fact Book on higher education.
This report highlights key points from the Southern Regional Education Board's (SREB) Fact Book.
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99. State Student Assistance Commission of Indiana. 2006. Minority teacher/special education services scholarship.
The Minority Teacher Scholarship addresses the critical shortage of Black and Hispanic teachers in Indiana by providing scholarships to these teachers as well as to minority Special Education teachers and occupational and physical therapists.
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100. Swanson, C. 2005. Who graduates in California?.
This article reports a graduation gap between ethnic/racial groups in California.
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101. TERI College Access. 2006. Making college affordable: A work-book on financial aid, loans, and scholarships for college-bound students and their families (Spanish version).
This workbook is designed to assist Spanish speaking students and their families with gaining a better understanding of the financial aid process and how to navigate it.
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102. Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Coorporation. 2007. Postsecondary Education English Spanish Glossary.
This glossary is maintained and supported by a group of organizations involved in student financial aid and in promoting national access to higher education to Hispanics.
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103. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. 2001. Closing the gaps by 2015: The Texas higher education plan.
This document examines education gaps in Texas.
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104. The Education Trust. 2008. Their fair share: How Texas-sized gaps in teacher quality shortchange low-income and minority students.
This publication asserts that by assigning struggling low-income and minority students to stronger, better-prepared teachers, Texas schools could significantly improve the academic success of these students.
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105. The Sallie Mae Fund. 2007. Education a Tu Alcance (Spanish Version).
This guide is a comprehensive financial aid resource for Spanish-speaking families.
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106. Thomas B. Fordham Foundation. 2006. How well are states educating our neediest children?: The Fordham report 2006.
This report from the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation appraises each state according to thirty indicators across three major categories: student achievement for low-income, African-American, and Hispanic students; achievement trends for these same groups over the last 10-15 years; and the state’s track record in implementing education reforms.
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107. Tomas Rivera Policy Institute. 2002. College knowledge: What Latino parents need to know and why they don't know it.
Addresses the impact of parental influence on childrens' college careers.
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108. U.S. Department of Education. 2007. Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans Website and Secondary School Toolkit - English.
This website offers relevant news and tools for students of all ages. The secondary school toolkit includes information about the classes needed to get into college, the required tests, how to select the right school, and how to finance a college education.
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109. U.S. Department of Education. 2007. Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans Website and Secondary School Toolkit - Spanish Version.
This website offers relevant news and tools for students of all ages. The secondary school toolkit includes information about the classes needed to get into college, the required tests, how to select the right school, and how to finance a college education.
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110. USC Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis. 2007. The College and Financial Aid Guide for Undocumented AB540 Immigrant Students.
This guide provides comprehensive information on laws, definitions, and resources for undocumented students interested in going to college and the practitioners who work with them.
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111. Verdugo, R. 2006. A report on the status of Hispanics in education: Overcoming a history of neglect.
This report explores history, demographics, and key education issues for Hispanics, including innovative classroom strategies that research demostrates are effective with Hispanic students, professional development for educators, early childhood and postsecondary education, and immigration/migrant education/English Language Learner politics.
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112. W.K. Kellogg Foundation. 2007. Enlace: Engaging Latino communities for education.
ENLACE is a multiyear initiative to strengthen the educational pipeline and increase opportunities for Latinos to enter and complete college.
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113. Weber, J. 2002. How curriculum influences college persistence in Indiana and the nation.
Provides statistical evidence for the importance of high school curriculum on college persistence, especially for African American and Latino students.
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114. Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. 2003. Knocking at the college door: California state report.
This report projects the number of public high school graduates for California over the next ten years.
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115. Xiaojie, L. 2007. Characteristics of minority-serving institutions and minority undergraduates enrolled in these institutions.
Characteristics of Minority-Serving Institutions and Minority Undergraduates Enrolled in These Institutions [NL]Minority-serving institutions (MSIs) are colleges and universities serving a large percentage of minority students. This study identifies six different subgroups of MSIs and analyzes them from the perspective of the institution and the student.
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116. YMCA. 2004. Building strong families 2004.
This report examines family strengths, challenges, and resources, focusing on African American and Latino/Latina parents in the United States.
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117. Youth Policy Forum. 2002. Equal access to postsecondary education? The case of undocumented immigrant students.
Examines state responses to federal legislation prohibiting in-state tuition for illegal immigrants.
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118. Zakenski, A. 2008. In-state tuition for undocumented immigrants.
This document provides state-specific information about postsecondary tuititon and fees for undocumented immigrants.
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119. Zarate, M. 2007. Understanding Latino parental involvement in education: Perceptions, expectations, and recommendations.
Motivated by growing national interest in parental involvement and the lack of research on Latino perceptions on the issue, the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute (TRPI) examined what constitutes parental involvement for schools, Latino students, and Latino parents.
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