New State-Level Latino College-Completion Numbers Released ...

For a snapshot of how Latino students are doing when it comes to finishing college, Excelencia in Education on Tuesday released 53 fact sheets and an online interactive tool showing degree completion in each state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.Officials with Excelencia, an organization that advocates for education attainment for Latinos, hope that the information will provide policymakers with examples of model programs to improve Latino college completion.”America’s success is intertwined with the educational success of Latinos, and that takes leadership not only in Washington, but in statehouses and communities all across the country,” said U.S. Rep. Rubén Hinojosa, D-Tex., chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and ranking member of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training in a press …


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