Latinos and education: Survey examines ‘attainment gap’
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The schooling of Latinos in the U.S. has long been characterized by high dropout rates and low college completion rates. The problems have lessened over time, ‘but a persistent educational attainment gap remains between Latinos and whites,’ according to the latest report from the Pew Hispanic Center:
Nearly nine-in-10 (89%) Latino young adults ages 16 to 25 say that a college education is important for success in life, yet only about half that number -- 48% -- say that they themselves plan to get a college degree, according to a new national survey of 2,012 Latinos ages 16 and older by the Pew Hispanic Center conducted from Aug. 5 to Sept. 16. The biggest reason for the gap between the high value Latinos place on education and their more modest aspirations to finish college appears to come from financial pressure to support a family, the survey finds.
Read more here on the Pew Hispanic Center website.
-- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City