Unemployment rates generally decline with higher levels of education. In 2006, the unemployment rate for Hispanic college graduates was 2% while the rate for Hispanics with less than a high school diploma was 6%.
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Voces: A Profile of Today's Latino College Students
Publication Date:
Dec, 2007 This publication provides a synthesis of national data and the perspectives of Latino students speaking in their own voice about how they and their families view college affordability and opportunity. This brief is part of the Excelencia project, Higher Education's Capacity and Affordability for Latino Students supported by Lumina and offers policy makers and institutional leaders new information to better serve this generation of Latino college goers.
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Fast Facts
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Charting the U.S. Labor Market in 2006
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