Hispanicity and Educational Inequality: Risks, Opportunities and the Nation’s Future
The 2009 Tomás Rivera Lecture explores the opportunities and challenges provided by the rapidly growing school-age Hispanic population in the United States. It describes how despite educational progress, the Hispanic achievement gap persists. This report documents Hispanic demographics, growth trends, educational attainment and road blocks leading to Hispanic underrepresentation in higher education.
- Tienda, Marta. 2009. Hispanicity and Educational Inequality: Risks, Opportunities and the Nation’s Future. Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service.
- Available here.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant HRD-1834620 and No. 1551221. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.