Title: Behind the Latino college degree gap - The Hechinger Report
Headings: Behind the Latino college degree gap
Behind the Latino college degree gap
Latinos are the least likely ethnic or racial group to get a college education, new report says
Jill Barshay

Content: As they enter adulthood, many are supporting their families and don’t have the luxury to focus on schoolwork. Nichols pointed out that Latinos are more likely to opt for community colleges and for-profit colleges, where graduation rates are lower. Many are the first in their families to attempt a degree. Reports like this one are a helpful first step in identifying the most difficult obstacles. The next step at The Education Trust is to count how many Latinos ever enrolled in college in each state so that we can better understand how much of these low college numbers are due to college dropouts versus those who never attempt college. The solutions will be different depending on the answers. And they’ll help determine the future of the U.S. workforce and economic prosperity. This story about Latino college education was written by Jill Barshay and produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. The Hechinger Report provides in-depth, fact-based, unbiased reporting on education that is free to all readers.