Officials from Palomar and MiraCosta colleges agreed Tuesday afternoon to help Cal State San Marcos try to boost its Latino enrollment enough to qualify the university for an important federal designation and the funds that go with it. California

“The agreement came in response to a request from Geraldo Gonzalez, chairman of a task force at Cal State San Marcos devoted to increasing Latino enrollment from the current 21 percent up to 25 percent. Such an increase would allow the university to be designated a Hispanic-Serving Institution….”

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