Español Dominicans in New York City Higher Education, 2000-2019

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Julian Antonio Valdés-Ramírez

Universidad Católica del Este, Higuey-La Altagracia, República Dominicana.

julian.valdes@ucade.edu.do

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8957-3822

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https://doi.org/10.32541/recie.2023.v7i2.pp55-82

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2023-07-16

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Vol. 7 No. 2 (2023): RECIE. Revista Caribeña de Investigación Educativa

Abstract

Access to more and better education is one of the main motives for Dominican migration to the United States. Bearing in mind that Higher Education is the culmination of Formal Education, this research collects, systematizes, and analyzes the statistics on enrollment, schooling, and tertiary qualifications of Dominicans in New York City, and compares them with the performance of other ethnic and Hispanic groups. The processing and statistical analysis reveal a significant change in the educational progress of Dominicans, which until this investigation was described as slow and insufficient. With an above-average tertiary enrollment growth rate, Dominicans outpaced the growth of Americans and other immigrants during the 2000-2019 period. That momentum made them the group of Latino origin in New York City with the most people with Higher Education degrees.

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Dominican Republic education indicators educational statistics higher education immigration technical and professional education United States

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Valdés-Ramírez, J. A. (2023). Español Dominicans in New York City Higher Education, 2000-2019. Caribbean Educational Research Journal (RECIE), 7(2), 55–82. https://doi.org/10.32541/recie.2023.v7i2.pp55-82
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Author Biography

Julian Antonio Valdés-Ramírez, Universidad Católica del Este, Higuey-La Altagracia, República Dominicana.

Degree in Philosophy, Anthropology and Religious Sciences from the Universidad Pontificia Madre y Maestra, the Pontifical Faculty of Theology Teresianum and the Seminario Pontificio Santo Tomás de Aquino. He also has a PhD in Philosophy from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum).
He accumulates a long career in university teaching, in social research and in the direction of sociopolitical research teams. He is currently an associate professor at the School of Philosophy and the School of Sociology of the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD), as well as director of research at the Universidad Católica del Este.
Among his publications are the books Política social dominicana, La relación naturaleza cultura en la antropología estructural de C. Lévi-Strauss y La educación superior de los dominicanos en la Ciudad de Nueva York.
Professor Valdés has received the following recognitions and awards:
• Professor of the Year of the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences 2019 (UASD)
• Professor of the Year of the School of Sociology 2019 (UASD)
• Pedro Henríquez Ureña National Essay Award 2018 (Ministry of Culture of the Dominican Republic)
• Distinguished Professor of the School of Philosophy 2018 (UASD)
• Meritorious Professor of the School of Philosophy 2015 (UASD)