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Making Education Work for Latinas in the U.S.
- Author(s): Gándara, Patricia
- Oseguera, Leticia
- Pérez Huber, Lindsay
- Locks, Angela
- Ee, Jongyeon
- Molina, Daniel
- et al.
Abstract
In California, almost 40% of European American adults hold a BA degree, as do 23% of African Americans and 48% of Asians. However, only 11% of adult Latinas/os hold a BA degree or higher. Given that the majority of the school age population in the state is now Latina/o, this undereducation is not just an urgent problem, but foreshadows economic disaster for California.