ACE Releases New Report On Minorities in Higher Ed
Although total minority enrollment at the nation’s colleges and universities rose by 49 percent between 1994 and 2004 to more than 4.8 million students, minorities lag behind their White peers in the percentage of 18- to 24-year-old high school graduates enrolled in college, according to the American Council on Education.
The college participation rate for Blacks increased from 35 to 41 percent between 1993-95 and 2003-05, compared to the rate for Whites which stood at 48 percent in 2003-05, up from 43 percent.
The college participation rate for Hispanic students grew slightly from 35 percent to 37 percent during that same time period, according to ACE’s Minorities in Higher Education 22nd Annual Status Report: 2007 Supplement.
This report marks the first year ACE will release an abridged version of its annual report. Starting in 2008, ACE will release the full assessment of minorities in higher education every other year.
“The data on enrollment, degrees conferred, faculty and administrators in higher education varies little from year to year, so after consulting with our member institutions, ACE decided to streamline the process by releasing the full report biennially,” says Diana I. Córdova, director of ACE’s Center for Advancement of Racial and Ethnic Equity.
- Diverse Staff
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