College seems out of reach to most Latinos

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Posted on: June 24th, 2007
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“Attending college sets Veronica and her 20-year-old sister apart from most of the states Latinos, who are expected to become a majority of Californias population in another generation, according to state estimates, but who currently have the lowest levels of education of any racial or ethnic group in California.

Veronica is among just 1 in 7 California Latinos who graduated from high school after four years and completed the courses required to enroll in a four-year college, according to the California Department of Education. If she completes college, she will be among only 13 percent of U.S.-born Latinos in California with a bachelors degree, the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California found.”

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