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Enrollment patterns of community college students.

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| June 22, 2004 | Lester, Jaime; Hagedorn, Linda Serra | COPYRIGHT 2004 Rapid Intellect Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Abstract

The Los Angeles Community College District's population is highly saturated with Latino/Latina students. Despite high enrollment and aspirations to transfer, Latinos/Latinas transfer at rates well below national averages. Using course transcripts from the entire history of a student's enrollment, 1122 Latina students' course enrollment patterns were categorized into three separate enrollment patterns: transfer path, remedial, or occupational. Results indicate that Latinas are not enrolling in transfer-level courses at the same rate as their Caucasian peers. In addition, Latinas have lower course completion rates than Caucasians. A subsample of Latinas ...

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Source: HighBeam Research, Enrollment patterns of community college students.

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