September 2, 2005
Latinos Said to Lag in Getting Student Aid
The percentage of Latino students receiving financial assistance to attend college is at an all-time high, but they receive the lowest average student-aid awards of any racial or ethnic group, according to a report released in August by two nonprofit research groups.
The report, "How Latino Students Pay for College," which is the first to break out participation rates of Latino students in financial-aid programs, says that Latino students received an average financial-aid award of
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