by Latino Voices, Huffington Post
It is not a secret that not only has the U.S. slipped in college graduation rates, but that the country is also facing a specific shortage in graduates with degrees in the very fields needed for the U.S. to remain highly competitive in the 21st Century, namely math, science, technology and engineering (STEM). For the Latino community, the challenge is magnified when we consider that the community continues to lag behind others in college graduation rates. As reported in USA Today, “Latinos had the lowest level of associate degrees or higher during 2011 with 21%, compared to Asians with 57%, whites with 44% and blacks with 30%.”
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