The Retention of Mexican American Students in Higher Education with Special Reference to Bicultural and Bilingual Problems.

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Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC.

Academic Standards; Admission Criteria; Bilingualism; Cultural Education; Dropouts; Financial Needs; Higher Education; Intelligence Tests; Language Handicaps; Mexican Americans; Minority Groups; Retention (Psychology); School Holding Power; Two Year Colleges

The problem of retaining Mexican American students in institutions of higher education is reviewed in these 5 papers: "The Retention of Mexican American Students in Higher Education with Special Reference to Bicultural and Bilingual Problems" by Manuel H. Guerra; "Mexicanismo vs. Retention: Implications of Retaining Mexican American Students in Higher Education" by Philip Montez; "Retention of Mexican American Students in College" by Monte E. Perez, Maria Diaz, and Oscar Martinez; "Retention of the Chicano Student as a Comprehensive Program Unit of the Mexican American Student Organization" by United Mexican American Students at the University of California at Los Angeles; and "Problems of Retention as Seen by Mexican American Students" by members of a Chicano Ethnic Studies Class (conducted by Marta Schlatter). Related documents are RC 003 429, RC 003 431, RC 003 432, and RC 003 433. (SW)

1969

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