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The Academic Crisis
Facing Hispanic Males
Young Latino Male Symposium
October 1, 2010
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Distribution of Total U.S. Population by
Race/Ethnicity, 2007
White
Black
5% 1%1%
15%
Hispanic
Asian-PI
Native American
Multiracial
12%
66%
Source: NCES 2010
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Distribution of U.S. Population by Race/
Ethnicity, 2007 (Under Age 18)
White
4%
Black
1%
3%
21%
Hispanic
Asian-PI
Native American
57%
Multiracial
14%
Source: NCES 2010
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U.S. Population Change, 2000-2020, by Age &
Race/Ethnicity*
14
12
White
10
African American
Hispanic
Asian-PI
Millions
8
6
4
2
0
-2
-4
-6
-8
0-17
*Projections for Native Americans not available
Source: Kelly, NCHEMS, 2005
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18-24
25-44
45-64
65+
Composition of U.S. Public High School Graduates by
Race/Ethnicity, 2004-05 (Actual), 2005-06 to 2021-22 (Projected)
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Source: WICHE, Knocking at the College Door, Projections of
High School Graduates by State and Race/Ethnicity 1992-2022,
2008
Cumulative Percent Change in U.S. Public High School
Graduates Relative to 2004-05 by Race/Ethnicity
Source: WICHE, Knocking at the College Door, Projections
of High School Graduates by State and Race/Ethnicity
1992-2022, 2008
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Percent Changes in Educational Attainment, 2000-2020, as a
Result of Projected Changes in Race/Ethnicity (25-to-64-Year-Olds)
2000
2020
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
< High School High School Some College
Source: Kelly, NCHEMS, 2005
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Associate
Bachelor
Grad/Prof
Hispanic Births and Net Immigration by Decade:
1960-2000
Source: Tienda, Marta and Faith Mitchell, ed. 2006. Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies: Hispanics
and the American Future. Washington DC: National Academy Press. (Figure 2-1)
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Increase in Total, First-time, Full-time Freshman Enrollment in
Colleges, Universities, Trade Schools
2007
2008
Thousands
3%
8%
15%
6%
2%
Source: NCES. IPEDS, fall enrollment data
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Public School Suspensions, K-12, by Race/ Ethnicity
and Gender, 2004
Men
Women
20
18
Percentage
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Source: Devoe, NCES, 2008
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White
Black
Hispanic
AA-PI
NA-AN
Status Dropout Rates Among Noninstitutionalized
16-to-24-Year-Olds by Race/Ethnicity and Gender, 2006
Male
Female
25
Percentage
20
15
10
5
0
Source: Devoe, NCES, 2008
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White
Black
Hispanic
AA-PI
NA-AN
Percentage of Male Inmates in State or Federal Prisons and
Local Jails, by Race, Hispanic origin, and Age: June 30, 2006
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics,
Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2006
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Total includes American Indians, Alaska
Natives, Asians, Native Hawaiians, and
other Pacific Islanders.
High-School Completion Rates by Race/
Ethnicity and Gender, 2005 (18-to-24-Year-Olds)
Men (18-24)
Women (18-24)
100
Percentage
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Source: Ryu, ACE, 2008
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White
Black
Hispanic
Asian Amer. Nat. Am.
Proportion of Men/Women with AA Degree or Higher,
2006 (25-to-29-Year-Olds)
Men (25-29)
Women (25-29)
70
Percentage
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Source: Ryu, ACE, 2008
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White
Black
Hispanic
AA-PI
Nat. Am.
Seven Common Themes
1. Profound educational crisis
Questions:
• Can education be an isolated response?
• Or do we need a much broader social response?
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Seven Common Themes
2. Destructive pressures that undermine
student aspirations
Questions:
• What policy levers are available to us to decouple the
relationship between poverty/unemployment and prison?
• How can we get more education to take place in prisons
to give these young men a chance to compete when they
get out?
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Seven Common Themes
3. Lack of role models
Questions:
• Has education become feminized?
• What does this mean?
• Is it possible to invoke notions of “transcendent maleness”
without this being perceived as a threat to feminism?
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Seven Common Themes
4. Loss of cultural memory
Questions:
• Are culture and history indispensable to retaining males of
color in schools?
• If yes, how so?
• If not, why not?
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Seven Common Themes
5. Poverty challenges
Question:
• How do we interrupt the influences of this culture of
poverty?
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Seven Common Themes
6. Sense of failing education system
Questions:
• Do we need to redesign schools in order to be effective in
retaining boys of color?
• If yes, how?
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Seven Common Themes
7. Increased need for community action
support
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Models for Progress
• Mentoring
• Partnerships
• Single-Gender Schooling
• Male Role Models
• Support System
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Where are we headed?
• Literature review
• Prison study
• Student Voices
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Ronald A. Williams
Vice President
The College Board
1233 20th St., NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036-2375
202-741-4702 phone
202-741-4743 fax
[email protected]
[email protected]
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