Latino students urged to move on to higher ed – Oregon
Tagged: family, Oregon, studentPosted on: December 13th, 2007
Maritza Mendez, a multi-cultural recruiter for Western Oregon University, nods her head in agreement. Spouting off a request in Spanish, Mendez asks a group of Tualatin High Latino students for more reasons and in quick succession answers in Spanish are fired back.
Barriers for Latinos wanting to attend college aren’t all that different from the traditional worries: financial aid, debt, unfamiliar environments, being away from family and serving as the first-generation in a family to attend college.”*
Curation from Tomás
Filed Under: 1. Hispanic News, Community, Education, Youth
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