Title: American RadioWorks - Rising by Degrees
Headings: 
Community College Fact Sheet
College Access and Success
Latinos and Higher Education
Community Colleges
The Economics of A College Degree

Content: The adult population of the United States still ranks among the world leaders in the percentage who have college degrees (39 percent have an associate's degree or higher. Only Canadians are better educated.) But the rest of the world is doing a better job educating its younger generation of workers. Among 25- to 34-year-olds, the U.S. population has slipped to 10th in the percentage who have an associate's degree or higher - behind Canada, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Ireland, Belgium, Norway, France and Denmark. source
Six countries are doing a better job than the United States getting young students (18-24 years old) to go to college (Korea, Greece, Poland, Ireland, Belgium and Hungary). And lots of countries are doing a better job in terms of college degree completion, including Portugal, the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom and France. source
Latinos and Higher Education
Latinos are the fastest-growing segment of the population in the United States: By the year 2025, nearly one-quarter of the nation's college-age population will be Latino. source
By 2050, the Hispanic population is projected to nearly triple. Nearly one in three U.S. residents will be Hispanic. (