Title
Location
Greenspun Hall, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Description
The so-called People’s College, America’s community colleges provide the most affordable higher education opportunities and educate nearly half the nation’s minority undergraduates (Mullin, 2012). This study examines representation of local community college governing boards to better understand who governs these two-year post secondary institutions. Descriptive representation provides the main framework for studying minority representation: Boards should mirror the populations they serve (Meier, Gonzalez Juenke, Wrinkle & Polinard, 2005). This research finds that these boards are under representative of the black and Hispanic populations they serve and that minority population plays a large role in the variation of the number of black and Hispanic board members. Finally, this study also found the representation of blacks and Hispanics on local community college governing boards is significant in explaining the percentage of black and Hispanic graduates.
Disciplines
Education Policy | Public Affairs
Language
English
The People’s College?
Greenspun Hall, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
The so-called People’s College, America’s community colleges provide the most affordable higher education opportunities and educate nearly half the nation’s minority undergraduates (Mullin, 2012). This study examines representation of local community college governing boards to better understand who governs these two-year post secondary institutions. Descriptive representation provides the main framework for studying minority representation: Boards should mirror the populations they serve (Meier, Gonzalez Juenke, Wrinkle & Polinard, 2005). This research finds that these boards are under representative of the black and Hispanic populations they serve and that minority population plays a large role in the variation of the number of black and Hispanic board members. Finally, this study also found the representation of blacks and Hispanics on local community college governing boards is significant in explaining the percentage of black and Hispanic graduates.