Few Latino Males Pursue a College Education

““There should be as many men as there are women,” said Dr. Gerardo Gonzalez, Director of the National Latino Research Center at California State University in San Marcos. Dr. Gonzalez and Dr. Bill Piland, professor emeritus of Post-Secondary Education at SDSU, were panelists at a recent forum sponsored by Southwestern College and titled Unacknowledged Crisis: The Lack of African-American and Latino Males in Higher Education. During the 90-minute forum, the two experts tackled the issue of racial and gender disparities on college campuses across the U.S. and discussed the actions needed to reverse this trend.

“Parents need to talk to their children about their alternatives for getting an education. We also need more role models in our communities,” added Dr. Gonzalez, explaining that the problem begins in high school and is particularly severe in the Hispanic community because a lot of Latino students attend schools that do not receive sufficient funding. “If we allocate more resources, we will see more changes and we’ll see more people going to college.””

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