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News Taco provides innovative and insightful news, critique, analysis and opinion from a Latino perspective in a 24-hour world.
june 9: latinas, not latinos, hold the future in their hands
As we are already aware, the first wave of U.S. Latino "baby boomers" are now exiting exceptional positions of power and influence. During the era when the eldest members of this generation were born, there were less than three million Latinos living in the United States. Now nearing their mid-60s, this generation has witnessed a major demographic shift from one in fifty Americans being Latino to now one in six...read more
june 7: less than 9% of latinos have a college degree
Recently I was perusing Census data to determine, exactly, how many Latinos in this country have college degrees. Given that Latinos are a fast growing portion of the U.S. population, educated leaders are a must, even more so are educated Latino leaders.
Out of 31.8 million adult Latinos in the United States,
- 10.6 million (33,3%) did not complete high school and are ineligible for postsecondary degree programs;
- 2.4 million (7.5%) are currently enrolled in an institution of higher education;
- 5.8 million (18.3%) have completed a postsecondary degree program;
- One out of every three Hispanic degree holders only has an associate's degree;
- Half of all Latino degree holders ended their postsecondary studies upon the completion of their bachelor's degrees;
- 884,000 (2.7%) Latinos in the United States have completed graduate degree programs;
- 147,000 (.5%) Latinos have obtained a doctoral degree.
Unfortunately, as we can see from the following data, the U.S. Latino community has a long way to go towards creating a sizable and educated leadership class. Later this week I will expand on these trends, touching on how Latinas in particular are likely to step into these leadership roles as Hispanic baby boomers begin retirement....read more
june 2: volunteerism essential to the success of latino youth
If you're reading this, it's likely you form part of the massive cluster of former beneficiaries of student initiatives and scholarships that were developed by community-based Latino organizations such as the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the National Hispanic Institute (NHI), the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF), ASPIRA, regional Hispanic chambers of commerce across the country, or many others...read more
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