Values Education, Instructional Scaffolding and Student Wellbeing

Abstract

The issue of student diversity at the college and university level is of growing concern for many university administrators. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (as cited in Marx, 2004), in the school year 1999-2000, 41.2% of public school children had limited English proficiency, while those of color were as follows: 1.2% American Indian, 4% Asian, 15.1% Latin American, 17.3% African American and 62.5% were White. According to Villegas and Lucas (2007), by 2003 41% of total enrollments in United States public schools were ethnic minority students. Based on these data, the public school pipeline is composed of a diverse student body. What then happens from public school to college and universities?