In 2007, high school graduation was the highest educational level attained by 30% of Latino men 18 and over in the United States; another 30% had achieved at least some college. In comparison, of all males 18 and over, high school graduation was the highest educational level reached by 32%, but 52% had achieved at least some college.
Research
Creating the Will: Hispanics Achieving Educational Excellence
Publication Date:
Sep, 2000 Addressing the educational needs of the fastest growing community in the United States—the Hispanic community—is vital to our national interest. In September 2000, the President’s Advisory Commission and the staff of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans presented a targeted plan of action that addresses early childhood through graduate and professional education. It will take the collective commitment and concentrated action of every sector to raise the educational achievement of all Hispanic students to the same level of excellence as other students in America by 2010.
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Fast Facts
U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement, Table 1.
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