The Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service is developing a pilot program to provide educational opportunities for the Hispanic community in Noble, Clinton, Marion, and Daviess counties. Indiana

“From the increasing number of neighborhood panderís (bakeries) and mercados (markets) to churches offering misa en Espanol (mass in Spanish), evidence that the state’s Hispanic population is booming can be seen across Indiana.

Many of these immigrants are entrepreneurs and small business owners who could benefit from a college degree in business management, accounting, or finance in their native language. Others are looking for more basic education.

Nearly half of all Hispanic males and 42 percent of all Hispanic females come to Indiana without a high school diploma, according to recent research conducted by IUPUI’s Center for Urban Policy and the Environment and La Plaza, a nonprofit organization serving central Indiana’s Latino community.”

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