More Latinos going away to college!

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Many find it very hard to break away from cultural traditions, but they and their families can see benefits!

Since 1975, the share of Latino freshmen at four-year colleges who choose schools more than 50 miles from home has risen to nearly 59% from about 46%, and the share who attend such colleges within 10 miles of home dropped to 15% from 30%, according to a study by UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute.

 

Factors impacting this change include: growth of the Latino middle class, rising educational confidence among children and grandchildren of immigrants, increased recruitment efforts from colleges and increased financial aid. Whatever the reason, this is a welcome change that we hope continues to rise!

 

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