Colleges seek to retain Hispanic students

Posted on: November 21st, 2006
Filed Under: [ Education ] [ Hispanic News ]
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Knowledge is Power!

“Jafet Carrasco doesn’t know anyone who has been to college besides his teachers. He hears people talk about credit hours, but he’s not sure what they are. And he knows college costs money, but not how much.

But the 15-year-old knows he’s going to college, and he’s being encouraged by staff at the Alta Vista Charter School in Kansas City, part of a network of schools forming partnerships with colleges to ensure their Hispanic students obtain not just diplomas, but degrees.”

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