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Posted by the San Jose Mercury News March 15, 2014.By Steve JohnsonSAN JOSE — Joining hundreds of other Latinos, Robert and Robyn Rodriguez hustled through San Jose State‘s sprawling campus early Saturday morning with their 10-year-old son, Ceasar, so they could find a seat at a conference intended to boost Latino college attendance and graduation rates.Ceasar, a student at Horace Mann Elementary in San Jose, is doing well in school. He said he wants a college degree “to get a good job.” And his parents share his enthusiasm.Noting that neither he nor his wife went to college, Robert Rodriguez said, “We’re real excited about him having a chance.”Latinos make up 38 percent of California’s population and are expected this year to surpass non-Hispanic …


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