If Arizona is going to be successful not only in improving minority access to higher education, but more importantly, minority student success in higher education, a systematic approach needs to be developed. The answers to improving minority access and achievement in higher education requires a holistic view of education as a system as well as an integrated look into the drivers of academic success. A fundamental problem exists with current policies designed to improve minority representation in higher education. Arizona’s lack of both a systematic view of the problem and the creation of a framework to evaluate policy ideas are sources of these disappointing results. The purpose of this paper is to fill in the gap by providing a framework of focus for academic success to be used to enhance Arizona’s approach to higher education policy.
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- Road to Higher Education: Closing the Participation Gaps for Arizona Minority Students - Preparation, Access, Affordability, Achievement
- The Pride Publishing Company (Author)
- Identifier ValuePSE 5.2:R 51
- A policy report by the Latina/o Policy Research Initiative in the College of Humanities, The University of Arizona.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-46).