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For example, a report from the U.S. Department of Education on the characteristics of MSIs [2] defined MSI based on either of two separate criteria; 1) legislation (e.g. HBCU, TCU, or 2) percentage of minority undergraduate enrollment based on IPEDS data [3] (i.e. "institutions that enroll at least 25 percent of a specific minority group are ...
Tensions immediately arose between advocates of two philosophies: one that the tribal colleges should have the same criteria, curriculum, and procedures for educational quality as mainstream colleges, and the other that the faculty and curriculum should be closely adapted to the particular historical culture of a tribe.
Programs like the ones developed at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County work towards eliminating disparities in higher education access in minority students. Their programs mostly focus on minorities having better access and getting more involved in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.
Representation makes the difference. As a student, Crocker advocated for a Pacific Islander Studies program. However, the idea fell through without faculty to teach the course.
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A Handbook on the Community College in America: Its History, Mission, and Management (Greenwood, 1994) Beach, J. M. and W. Norton Grubb. Gateway to Opportunity: A History of the Community College in the United States (2011) Cohen, Arthur M. and Florence B. Brawer. The American Community College (1st ed. 1982; new edition 2013) Diener, Thomas.
It saddens me for personal reasons that some states will push colleges to discontinue grants, fellowships and scholarships used to encourage minority enrollment, Jessica A. Johnson writes
The racial achievement gap in the United States refers to disparities in educational achievement between differing ethnic/racial groups. [1] It manifests itself in a variety of ways: African-American and Hispanic students are more likely to earn lower grades, score lower on standardized tests, drop out of high school, and they are less likely to enter and complete college than whites, while ...