Serving minority populations
By: Berta Vigil Laden, editor.
Contributors: Laden, Berta Vigil.
Series: New directions for community colleges -- no. 127
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2004
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
Subjects: Minorities -- Education (Higher) -- United States; Minority college students -- United States; Community colleges -- United States
Description: Focuses on community colleges that are responding to the academic, financial, and cultural needs of an increasingly diverse student population. Programs and services are profiled that improve access, retention, and overall academic success. At the heart of this volume are best practices that rely upon the experience and successes of Minority Serving Institutions and that offer direction to mainstream community colleges seeking to meet the needs of their increasingly diverse student bodies -- from publisher.
Notes: "Fall 2004."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Serving emerging majority students / Berta Vigil Laden; title: The role of urban community colleges in educating diverse populations / Linda Serra Hagedorn; title: Realizing student success at Hispanic-serving institutions / Margarita Benitez, Jessie DeAro; title: Defining Asian American and Pacific Islander-serving institutions / Frankie Santos Laanan, Soko S. Starobin; title: Lessons from community college programs targeting welfare recipients / Edwin Melendez, Luis M. Falcon, Alexandra de Montrichard; title: - Diversity in the two-year college academic workforce / Jerlando F.L. Jackson, L. Allen Phelps; title: The alliance for equity in higher education / Jamie P. Merisotis, Katherine A. Goulian; title: Resources and information for serving minority populations / Victor Saenz.