October 12, 2007
Beyond Stereotypes
College leaders are mistaken if they believe that cultural differences make Hispanic high-school students, especially recent immigrants, less likely to attend college than their white counterparts are, the president of the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute told community-college trustees and presidents at a recent conference.
"It is not culture but cognition — a lack of understanding of the American education system on the part of parents that are foreign-born," said
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