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    The Economic Value of College Majors 

    Carnevale, Anthony P.; Cheah, Ban; Hanson, Andrew R. (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2015)
    In this report, the higher education cost and the salary averages of 137 university degrees are analyzed. The most popular and chosen careers are also examined. Likewise, an analysis of the relationship between economic ...
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    Many Factors at Play in Minority Access to Higher Education 

    McCluskey, Neal (Cato Institute, 2015-05-29)
    The author draws some analysis about barriers to college entrance and completion faced by low-income African American and Hispanic students. He points out that both are similar to those faced by all low-income people: ...
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    The Neglected College Race Gap: Racial Disparities Among College Completers 

    Libassi, C.J. (Center for American Progress, 2018-05-23)
    For many years, the conversation about equity in higher education has focused on the serious gaps in access for black and Hispanic people. Awareness has also been growing that getting into college is not enough; black and ...
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    Big Gaps, Small Gaps: Some Colleges And Universities Do Better Than Others in Graduating Hispanic Students 

    Lynch, Mamie; Engle, Jennifer (The Education Trust-Midwest, 2010-08-09)
    To improve degree attainment among Hispanic students, colleges and universities simply must enroll more of them. But it’s just as important that these institutions also boost their graduation rates and close graduation-rate ...
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    Getting In, Staying In Community Perspectives on the Barriers to Latino Postsecondary Education 

    National Council of la Raza (National Council of la Raza, 2015-07-11)
    In this new report, Getting In, Staying In: Community Perspectives on the Barriers to Latino Postsecondary Education, the authors solicited input from experts and students to provide a better understanding of the opportunities ...
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    Degree Attainment for Latino Adults: National and State Trends 

    Schak, J.Oliver; Nichols, Andrew (The Education Trust, 2018-06-14)
    Nationally, there are significant differences in degree attainment among Black, Latino, and White adults, but degree attainment for these groups and the attainment gaps between them vary considerably across states. In this ...
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    Recruiting and Retaining Latino Faculty Members: The Missing Piece to Latino Student Success 

    Ponjuan, Luis (National Education Association, 2011-10-13)
    While Latino students are enrolling in greater numbers, Latino faculty have not seen similar growth, making up only four percent of faculty nationwide. 4 These contrasting images between the faculty and student demographics ...
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    The State of Education for Latino Students 

    The Education Trust (The Education Trust, 2014-06-23)
    The fast-growing Latino student population constitutes the largest racial or ethnic group in U.S. public schools after the white student population. And while academic achievement for Latino students has increased over ...
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    English Proficiency on the Rise Among Latinos 

    Krogstad, Jens Manuel; Stepler, Renee; Lopez, Mark Hugo (Pew Research Center, 2015-05-12)
    This report examines language use trends since 1980 among the U.S. Hispanic population ages five and older in the fifty states and the District of Columbia, focusing on the languages spoken in Hispanic households and the ...
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    Closed Doors Black and Latino Students Are Excluded from Top Public Universities 

    Baylor, Elizabeth (Center for American Progress, 2016-10-01)
    Black and Latino students are underrepresented in the country’s most selective public research universities, according to a report from the Center for American Progress. As many as 193,000 Black and Latino students would ...
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