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Mexican Americans and Other Latinos in Postsecondary Education: Institutional Influences. ERIC Digest.
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Nevarez, Carlos – 2001
The Latino population of the United States has grown dramatically in recent years, but Latino postsecondary participation and graduation rates have not increased. In 1998, only 7 percent of Mexican Americans (11 percent of all Latinos) held college degrees, versus 25 percent of the total U.S. population. This digest reviews the research on…
Descriptors: Access to Information, College Attendance, College Environment, College Preparation