More Hispanics enrolling in college

“The center found that the number of young Hispanics going to college is increasing. But the study found that the number of whites enrolling in fouryear colleges is increasing even more rapidly, widening a large gap between whites and Hispanics in key states ”” California among them.

And as High Desert demographics change with growth of the Hispanic population, so, too, does enrollment at Victor Valley College.

Over the past five years, Hispanic enrollment has risen some 6 percent at the college, from 21.3 percent in 2000 to 27.5 percent in 2005.”

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