Education

Latino Students Face Major Barriers to Higher Ed Access

From Inside Higher Education: “The survey of 3,000 Latinos between the ages of 18 and 35 was conducted by BSP Research. … Eric Rodriguez, senior vice president of policy and advocacy at UnidosUS, noted that while a fifth of the country’s undergraduates are Latinos and their numbers are rising, their graduation rates still lag behind those of their peers. … The vast majority of Latino students, 94 percent, receive some form of financial aid, and 83 percent rely on two or more forms of aid to pay for college, the survey found. Most respondents—85 percent—also reported lacking consistent access to affordable, nutritious food. Half had food insecurity issues ‘a few times a week’ or ‘daily.’”

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