Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Groups 2018 v Postsecondary Education Indicator 19. College Participation Rates In 2016, the total college enrollment rate was higher for Asian young adults (58 percent) than for young adults who
The changes in the racial/ethnic composition of the traditional college-age population in the United States were similar to the patterns in the school-age population, with the exception of the Black college-age population that increased compared to the decrease seen in the school-age population.
In order to describe the status of the various racial/ethnic groups in the U.S. education system, it is important to provide contextual information on the relative size of each group, where the members of those groups come from, and other background characteristics. This chapter’s indicators are available at the
75 percent or more are of own race/ethnicity Less than 25 percent are of own race/ethnicity 50 to 74 percent are of own race/ethnicity 25 to 49 percent are of own race/ethnicity 1 Percent NOTE: Categories not shown in the figure round to zero. Data reflect racial/ethnic data reported by schools.
It is composed of core courses that all students are required to take. It does not include values and attitudes such as conformity and obedience to authority. It is learned through implied demands in the everyday rules and routines of school. It does not reflect the value system of the elite people in society.
Three-quarters of all American adults are considered functionally illiterate. The rate of functional illiteracy is higher among minority group members. The symbolic interactionist perspective. examines the relationship between the functions of education and problems in schools.
focuses on how education perpetuates inequality based on race, sex, and gender. studies classroom dynamics and how practices such as labeling affect students' self-concept and aspirations.
The media gives students, teachers, and schools grades based on test scores. Schools tend to focus attention and funding on students who perform well. Parents tend to over-reward their children for receiving good grades. The government only tracks the grades of the best-performing students, teachers, and schools.
Some immigrants were required to earn a high school diploma before they were granted citizenship in the United States . In the second half of the twentieth century, the United States experienced low immigration rates. High rates of immigration in the nineteenth century brought about the free public school movement in the United States.