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How the dismal Latino college completion rate hurts America
- 10-04-2011
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By Liz Dwyer/Good
Boosting the college graduation rate of the next generation of students is an economic and social imperative trumpeted by everyone from President Obama to top CEOs. But according to a new College Board report, the education crisis in the Latino community could keep the nation from reaching its goals. According to the report, only 19.2 percent of Latinos between the ages of 25 and 34 had earned an associates degree or higher—less than half the national average of 41.1 percent and the lowest of any major racial or ethnic group. Given the boom in the Latino population—they now account for one in six Americans and are the largest minority group in K-12 schools—the nation's education system has a ton of work to do prepare Latinos for higher education as well as for social and economic prosperity. (more...)
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