July 9, 2004
Graduation Rates Low for Hispanics
Hispanic students are only half as likely to complete a bachelor's degree as their non-Hispanic white peers, according to a report released last month by the Pew Hispanic Center.
Hispanic high-school graduates enroll at about the same rate as their white counterparts, but they finish college at lower rates, the report says. That's because Hispanic students are more likely than white students to attend nonselective institutions with low graduation rates and because the Hispanic
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