---
title: "References"
description: "Aud, Susan, William Hussar, Grace Kena, Frank Johnson, and Erin Roth. 2012. National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences. The Condition of Education 2012. NCES 2012-045. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, May. Bozick, Robert, and Erich Lauff. 2007. Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002): A First Look at the Initial Postsecondary Experiences [&hellip;]"
date: "2013-05-09"
authors:
  - name: "Richard Fry"
    job_title: "Senior Researcher"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/richard-fry/"
  - name: "Paul Taylor"
    job_title: "Former Author of The Next America and the former Vice President of Pew Research Center"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/paul-taylor/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2013/05/09/references-10-2/"
---

# References

Aud, Susan, William Hussar, Grace Kena, Frank Johnson, and Erin Roth. 2012. National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences. *[The Condition of Education 2012](http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012045.pdf)*. NCES 2012-045. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, May.

Bozick, Robert, and Erich Lauff. 2007. *[Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002): A First Look at the Initial Postsecondary Experiences of the High School Sophomore Class of 2002](http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008308)*. NCES 2008-308. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

Chapman, Chris, Jennifer Laird, Nicole Ifill, and Angelina KewalRamani. 2011. *[Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 1972-2009](http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2012006)*. NCES 2012-006. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

Davis, Jessica W., and Kurt Bauman. 2011. *[School Enrollment in the United States: 2008](http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p20-564.pdf)*. Current Population Report P20-564. Washington, DC: US Census Bureau.

Fry, Richard and Mark Hugo Lopez. 2012. “[Hispanic Student Enrollments Reach New Highs in 2011](https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2012/08/20/hispanic-student-enrollments-reach-new-highs-in-2011/).” Washington, D.C.: Pew Research Hispanic Center, August.

Murnane, Richard J. 2013. [U.S. High School Graduation Rates: Patterns and Explanations](http://www.nber.org/papers/w18701). National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 18701.

National Center for Education Statistics, 2013, *[Digest of Education Statistics 2012](http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/)*. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education.

Pew Research Center. 2009. “[America’s Changing Workforce: Recession Turns a Graying Office Grayer](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2009/09/03/recession-turns-a-graying-office-grayer/).” Washington, D.C.: Social & Demographic Trends project, September.

Pew Research Center. 2009. “[Between Two Worlds: How Young Latinos Come of Age in America](https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2009/12/11/between-two-worlds-how-young-latinos-come-of-age-in-america/).” Washington, D.C.: Pew Hispanic Center, December.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. [College Enrollment and Work Activity of 2012 High School Graduates](http://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/hsgec_04172013.pdf). USDL-13-0670. April 17, 2013 news release.