(NAME-MCE) New Race and Ethnicity Guidance for the Collection of Federal Education Data

[Bill Howe]

New Race and Ethnicity Guidance for the Collection of Federal
Education Data Final
guidance issued in the Federal Register on October 19, 2007 (72 Fed. Reg.
59267) on the collection and reporting of racial and ethnic data by
educational institutions and other grantees now allows individuals to
self-identify their ethnicity and race, and select more than one race and/or
ethnicity. This change permits individuals to more accurately reflect their
racial and ethnic background by not limiting responses to only one racial or
ethnic category, and expands reporting options to seven categories (American
Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Black or African American, Hispanic, Native
Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, White, and Two or More Races).

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