Student Aid, Opportunity and Latinos

Posted on: May 30th, 2007
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“One fact is clear: Latinos, on average, receive less federal aid for college than any other ethnic or racial group. But pinning down why that is ”” especially when more Latinos than average apply for financial aid ”” is like deciding which came first, the chicken or the egg.

That’s what some of the analysts at a policy session on Tuesday likened the problem to. The briefing, a forum for House of Representatives legislative staff and experts, focused on the particular realities that face Latino students seeking to attend ”” and pay for ”” college.”

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