Higher Education: Gaps in Access and Persistence Study

was higher for American Indian/Alaska Native females
(93 percent) than White females (83 percent), Hispanic
females (70 percent), Asian females (69 percent), and
Black females (68 percent).
By comparison, no measurable differences between racial/
ethnic groups were observed in the overall percentages
Technical Notes
In this indicator, parent participation indicates
participation in school activities by a parent or other
household member. Reporting standards for Native
of students whose parents attended regularly scheduled
parent-teacher conferences. This racial/ethnic pattern
was also observed for males as well as females, with
one exception: a higher percentage of Hispanic males
than White males had parents who attended regularly
scheduled conferences (83 vs. 79 percent).
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander students were not met;
therefore, data for this group are not discussed in the text.
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