Education

As colleges lose enrollment, some turn to one market that’s growing: Hispanic students

From The Hechinger Report: “‘My parents finally got to ask questions’ in their native language, said Quintero, now a junior on the track to law school. ‘I was used to translating for them my whole life. I literally cried.’ This seemingly small accommodation is one of many that have helped push up Dominican’s enrollment by nearly 25 percent since 2021. … as the number of 18-year-olds is about to begin a long decline.… the ranks of white, Black and Asian high school graduates are expected to fall by 2041 by 26 percent, 22 percent and 10 percent, respectively, the number of Hispanic graduates from high schools is projected to rise during that time by 16 percent, according to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, which tracks this.”

View the full article from The Hechinger Report.