Abstract

The Role of Majority Status in Determining Persistence Higher Education
Track: GIS for Administration, Planning and Policy
Author(s): J. M. (Mike) Pogodzinski

This paper extends results of a paper last year on GIS techniques in the Application-Admission-Enrollment funnel. The focus of this paper is on persistence of racial and ethnic sub-groups, and in particular on whether majority status in the community of origin affects success rates of racial and ethnic minorities. The effect of economic and demographic variables on applications, admissions, enrollment, and persistence at the university can then be analyzed. Detailed ethnic data from the U.S. Census Sample File 2 (SF2) are employed.

J. M. (Mike) Pogodzinski
Department of Economics (0114)
San Jose State University
1 Washington Square
San Jose , California 95192-0114
United States
Phone: 415-516-6144
E-mail: jmp@pogodzinski.net