Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-xbtfd Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-09T15:21:19.129Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

APSA Fund Successfully Mentoring Latino Scholars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 September 2006

Melissa R. Michelson
Melissa R. Michelson
Affiliation:
California State University, East Bay
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Extract

Recent census estimates place the percentage of Americans who are of Latino/Hispanic origin at more than 14%, up from 12.5% in the 2000 census. Despite comprising this large and increasing proportion of the population, Latinos continue to be severely underrepresented in the discipline. Today Latinos comprise fewer than 2% of all political scientists in the United States. This significant under-representation reflects the many barriers that continue to exist in terms of educational attainment among Latinos. In turn, our discipline is impacted by this trend as our ability to adequately assess the political incorporation and impact of this increasingly important minority population is seriously limited.

Type
ASSOCIATION NEWS
Information
PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 39 , Issue 4 , October 2006 , pp. 949 - 951
Copyright
© 2006 The American Political Science Association

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Fry, Richard. 2004. “Latino Youth Finishing College: The Role of Selective Pathways.” Report for the Pew Hispanic Center. Accessed at http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/30.pdf. Released June 23, 2004.
Rodriguez, Marissa. 2006. “The Top 25 Colleges for Latinos, 2006.” Accessed at www.hispaniconline.com/magazine/2006/march/features/colleges.html.
Tomás Rivera Policy Institute. 2004. “Latino Students and Parents Hampered by Lack of Financial Aid Awareness.” Press release. Accessed at www.trpi.org/Press%20releases/033104.pdf. Released March 31, 2004.