Great piece via the Atlantic on how NOT going to college actually costs (society) more than going. Despite increasing tuition costs, some studies show that the cost of those not going to college is a drag on the overall economy and growth of the country. There have been a lot of arguments these days regarding…
Excelencia in Education once again continues to provide invaluable data on the status of Latinos in higher education with their latest report, Finding Your Workforce: The Top 25 Institutions Graduating Latinos, 2009-10. I had the pleasure of meeting Sarita Brown (photo) from Excelencia in Education last year at the LATISM ’11 Conference in Chicago and…
The National Clearinghouse Project just released a report on student transfer paths and community college. Another reports that illustrates the “new normal” on college campuses – one that was always been familiar to Latinos and other people of color. According to the study: One-third of all students switch institutions at least once before earning a…
A National Bureau of Economic Research study indicates that college students are working less hours while attending school. The study outlines a few reasons including increased tuition costs as well as the economic situation. The study makes this conclusion: In 2009, for the first time ever, 18 to 22 year old high school graduates were…
Council of the Great City Schools just released a study which outlines the many challenges facing Latinos educationally. Latinos lag behind Whites in most areas of education including college attainment: In postsecondary experience, the unemployment rate of the Hispanic population ages 20 and older in early 2011 was 12 percent compared with 8 percent of…
This is a great study by Stanford University’s Center for Education Policy Analysis regarding academic achievement and family income. The results shed additional light on the impact of parental income and student achievement. Interesting stuff. Finally, the growing income achievement gap does not appear to be a result of a growing achievement gap between children…
One important reason the public sector has a hard time recruiting the best and brightest – via Economic Policy Institute: When looking at total compensation including employer-provided benefits, this gap narrowed but the private sector workers still earned $2,001 more per year than public sector workers ($71,109 in total compensation, versus $69,108). This gap was…
Great report put out by Center for American Progress regarding assimilation among new immigrants including Latinos. The report examines the future outlook for immigrants, projecting their gains through 2030. The report counters some conventional wisdom regarding Latinos and assimilation. Money quote: Hispanic newcomers show very positive rates of advancement by 2030. This is contrary to…
A study by Sam Houston State shows that only 20 percent of Latino students are “college-ready” in reading and math, compared to more than 50 percent of white students. While numbers are Texas specific – they’re probably similar to national ones. Several reasons were given for the low numbers including some insights from Latino students:…
The lack of Latino representation in the federal government precludes our country’s ability to develop inclusive, reasonable, fair, and practical policies for the Latino community. The Center for American Progress just released a report that indicates the government’s Senior Executive Service (SES) fails to reflect the nation’s racial and gender composition. The representation gap is…
