hich have conducted just such examinations.
Regarding the foregoing, it can be noted that one of the central or basic features of almost all American community colleges is open admissions. Lavin and Crook (1990) attempted to assess for the effects of open admission on low-income, minority students using a large sample (N = 5,000) of students drawn from the nine baccalaureate institutions and eight community colleges comprising the City University of New York (CUNY).
According to Lavin and Crook (1990), official CUNY records and social survey data indicated that large proportions of graduates took 6+ years to earn a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. Minority students were more likely to drop out of college without any degree.
Minority entrants who did receive diplomas more often earned associate degrees than did whites who went on to four year institutions to receive higher degrees; overall 66 percent of blacks and Hispanics never went beyond the associate level, compared with only 40 percent of whites. Whatever th
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