Abstract

GOLUBOV, Nattie. Tendencies and Transformations in the Higher Education System for African-Americans and Hispanics. REDIE [online]. 2008, vol.10, n.2, pp.1-19. ISSN 1607-4041.

Using a wide variety of statistical sources, particularly those created by government agencies in the United States of America (USA), this article offers a descriptive overview of the insertion of ethnic and racial minorities in the USA higher education system. This process illustrates more profound and general changes within USA society, which have a specific though not exclusive origin in the social transformations that began in the 1960's and were consolidated in the 1970's. These changes gave rise to a new polítical, social and cultural space for African-Americans, who waged a powerful battle to gain political and civil rights, which were then extended to the Hispanic population.

Keywords : Higher education; African Americans; Hispanic Americans; Minority Groups; United States of America.

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