Why so few Latinos pursuing science?

“When Townsend graduates from Colorado State University-Pueblo this spring, shell be one of about 170 Latino students at the state’s public universities who are earning degrees in science and technical fields.

Latinos account for less than 4 percent of all degrees in those fields, according to the Colorado Commission on Higher Education. But they are 20 percent of the states population.

“This is a major problem, this gap between Hispanic students and the rest of the population,” said Dan Arvizu, director of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden. “These are careers that have a great opportunity to contribute to society. We have to heal that gap.”"

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