June 1, 2001

Hispanic Students Are Missing From Diversity Debates

By MARTA TIENDA and SUSAN SIMONELLI

The biggest news coming out of the 2000 census has significant implications for higher education: The Hispanic population in the United States has grown so rapidly in the past decade that it now is roughly the same size as the black population.

Thus far, policy makers and the public have often neglected the role of Hispanic people in issues like affirmative action in college admissions. In evaluating how admissions policies encourage or discourage college attendance, for instance, they

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