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[source: NativeNews; Thu, 17 Feb 2000 12:38:30]
 

From: "CATHERINE DAVIDS" <cdavids@flint.umich.edu>
 
There's good news and bad news in the
February 9, 2000
17th Annual Education Status Report

information is based on 1996-1997 (the last year data
was collected and analyzed) and comes from more than
1,800 accredited, degree-granting colleges and
universities and higher education-related associations,
organizations, and corporations.

I have done my very best to just break all the
information down to the statistics and hopefully the
information will be useful.

Between 1994-1995:
*college enrollment for students of color rose 2.9%
Between 1996-1997:
*college enrollment for students of color rose 3.7%
   of the students of color who enrolled in college:
   65% of Asians graduated
   40% of African Americans graduated
   45% of Latino/a's graduated
   36% of American Indians graduated
        (a decrease from previous years)
 
High school completion rate for African Americans &
Latino/a's has increased over the past 20 years:
   86% of African Americans graduated high school
        (1977 rate was 45%)
   62% of Latino/a's graduated high school
        (1977 rate was 54%)
   83% of Caucasians graduated high school
        (1977 rate was 83% - the same)

Caucasians experienced the largest gain at college level.
Since  1977, college participation rate for whites ages
18-24 has increased from 32% to 45%.

In 1997, 40% of African American high school
graduates began college as compared to 31% in 1977.

In 1997, 36% of Latino/a high school graduates began
college as compared to 29% in 1990, 28% in 1980, and
31% in 1977.

In 1997, in the age 25-29 group:
   29% of Caucasians have a bachelors degree or higher.
   14% of African Americans have a bachelors degree
        or higher
   11% of Latino/a's have a bachelor's degree or higher

American Indians account for only 1% of all college
students.  They have, however, experienced a 54%
increase in college enrollment between 1988-1997.
Between 1996-1997 American Indian college enrollment
rose by 3.4% at the undergraduate level and by 5.4% at
the graduate level.

Students of color, however, remain underrepresesnted
at every degree level in 1996-1997:
 
 African-Americans represented 11% of
 undergraduate students and earned 8% of all
bachelor's degree

 Latino's represented 9% of undergraduate students
        but earned only 7.5% of associate degrees and
        5.3% of bachelors degrees.  Latino/a's made up
        4.6% of graduate students but earned only 3.7%
        earned their masters degrees.

 Asian Americans saw a 7.5% increase at the associate degree level, 5.6% at the bachelors
        level, 1.7% at masters degree

Although American Indians earned only a fraction of
the degrees awarded nationwide in 1997, they
experienced a 10.5% increase from the previous year
among all racial and ethnic groups.  In 1997 American
Indians earned 6.7% more associate degrees than in
1996, 6.4% more bachelor's degrees, and 8.2% more
master's degrees.
 

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