Ensuring America's future: benchmarking Latino college completion to meet national goals: 2010 to 2020
In 2009, President Obama set an ambitious goal for the [United States] US to become the top ranked country in the world in college degree attainment by 2020. While all groups will have to increase college degree attainment to meet President Obama's college completion goals, increasing Latino educational attainment is crucial because their educational attainment is lower than other groups (only 19 per cent of Latino adults have earned an associate or higher) and the Latino population is rapidly expanding. By 2020, Latinos are projected to represent about 20 per cent of the 18-64 year-old US pop... Show more
Authors: Santiago, Deborah A.; Callan, Patrick
Published: Washington, District of Columbia, Excelencia in Education, 2010
Resource type: Guide
Physical description: 15 p.
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