Thought you might like to see this.

It would have been my assumption that all groups are "U.S. citzens".

Yes, visby, all groups represented in the chart above are "U.S. citzens" [sic]. The green bar represents the weighted average of all of the other bars, which break down the totals into those subgroups.

The chart demonstrates that some groups are more likely than others to make their way to a doctoral degree via the two-year college. I guess you're not a real "data hound", huh? Maybe you should have taken a statistics course at your local community college. ;)

Yes muddled, and true enough, the weighted average color bar and value seems clear, PhD or not. Strangely, so is the complicated math involved to reach 19.2%, statistics aside, of course. It so good to have your assistance in this matter. What CC course do you teach?

Oh, snark us a river. ;-)

I was one of those. Glad I did it that way. Gave me a solid first 2 years, very solid.

I am an example of the CC to Ph.D. process. I am very thankful for my "junior college" classes that got me started in my pursuit of higher education. 1964-1966 was a long time ago but my memories are still vivid. Thank you for community colleges.

When I taught at UCLA, I learned from speaking to many of my most outstanding students that they had started at community college, often to save money. I think the smaller classes helped them develop the confidence to speak up in discussions, more so than the large lecture classes that most incoming four-year UC students took in their first two years.