What Do We Know About “Race Unknown”

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ID9730614
AutoresKarly S Ford (0000-0002-2781-7761, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, autor correspondente), Kelly Ochs Rosinger (0000-0003-4019-8296, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA), Kelly Rosinger, Qiong Zhu (0000-0001-7747-8975, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA)
Ano2020
Volume49
Fascículo5
Páginas376-381
Data de publicação2020-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEducational Researcher (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0013-189X • E-ISSN: 1935-102X
EditoraAmerican Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3102/0013189x20923342
OpenAlexW3031735907
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas19

One ethnoracial reporting category perplexes higher education researchers: “race and ethnicity unknown.” Using the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), we constructed a 28-year panel of 4,401 institutions. We find that the for-profit sector ranges from 5% to 18% “race unknown” students. In addition, almost 10% of students attending the most selective institutions were reported as “race unknown” in 2009 before dropping off precipitously. The size of the “race unknown” category can be attributed to some combination of student responses and data collection practices. We suggest researchers refrain from dropping “race unknown” from their studies as doing so may bias findings for the other ethnoracial categories, especially when comparing rates of student enrollment across institutional types

Ethnic group · Higher education · Political science · Race (biology · Racial bias · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Higher Education Research Studies · Law · Psychology · School Choice and Performance