Study shows academic progress of Hispanic students - Don’t believe the myth that immigrant Latino families don’t value higher education.

“hats one conclusion drawn from a study released earlier this month by two professors at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The study focused on the assimilation of second-generation Latino students in Nebraska.

Results from the study showed that second and third-generation Hispanics between the ages of 25 and 65 were more likely to pursue a college degree and hold a bachelors degree than first-generation Hispanic immigrants.”

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