{"id":5058369,"date":"2020-08-25T08:31:45","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T08:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malatinonews.com\/?p=5050775"},"modified":"2020-08-25T08:31:45","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T08:31:45","slug":"massachusetts-could-do-more-for-latinos-seeking-a-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/2020\/08\/25\/massachusetts-could-do-more-for-latinos-seeking-a-higher-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts could do more for Latinos seeking a higher education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Historically underrepresented groups of students &#8212; like Hispanic-Latino, first in their families to go to college, adults or from families with lower incomes &#8212; fare worse than their white peers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to new research from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edexcelencia.org\/research\/latino-college-completion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Excelencia In Education<\/a>, Massachusetts could do more to help Latino students graduate from college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While more Hispanics-Latinos are enrolling at higher education institutions in the commonwealth, especially at public institutions, there is still work to be done to level the playing field, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/boston\/news\/2020\/08\/21\/massachusetts-lags-in-latinos-degree-completion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported <\/a>the Boston Business Journal. About 12% of the state\u2019s population is Hispanic-Latino \u2014 the 15th largest Hispanic-Latino population in the U.S. \u2014 and 18% of Massachusetts students in K-12 schools are Hispanic-Latino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_9234-716x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5050776\"\/><figcaption>Degree Attainment for Latino Students (2017-2018), United States<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nationally, 24% of Latino adults have earned an associate\u2019s degree or higher, compared to 46% of white adults. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only about a quarter of first-time college students in 2011 who were Hispanic-Latino (23.6\u00a0percent) had earned a bachelor&#8217;s degree by 2017, compared to 22.7\u00a0percent Black, 55.3\u00a0percent of Asian students and 43.4\u00a0percent of white students. A third of Hispanic-Latino students (34.3\u00a0percent) had not gained a degree or credential and were no longer enrolled, compared to 29\u00a0percent of white 2011 enrollees and 18.5\u00a0percent of Asian students, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2020\/08\/25\/new-federal-data-highlight-differences-educational-outcomes-across-many-variables\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> Inside Higher Ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_9235-1024x704.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5050777\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>two-year institutions, Hispanics-Latinos&#8217; graduation rate was\u00a08%-points lower\u00a0than that of their White non-Hispanic-Latino peers in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At\u00a0four-year institutions, Hispanics-Latinos&#8217; graduation rate was\u00a06%-points lower\u00a0than that of their White non-Hispanic-Latino peers in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four of the top five institutions in Massachusetts enrolling Hispanic-Latino undergraduates are public institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bunker Hill Community College in Boston with 3,282 Hispanic students;<\/li><li>Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill with 2,228 Hispanic students;<\/li><li>University of Massachusetts Boston with 2,038 Latino students;<\/li><li>Boston University with 2,030 Latino students; and<\/li><li>University of Massachusetts Amherst with 1,625 Latino students.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_9236-705x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5050778\"\/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edexcelencia.org\/research\/latino-college-completion\/massachusetts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Degree Attainment for Latino Students (2017-2018), Massachusetts<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Massachusetts, 27% of Hispanic adults have earned at least an associate\u2019s degree, compared to 56% of white adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cClosing the degree attainment gap in Massachusetts will require policies that help Latino students entering higher education on their path to completion,\u201d reported the Boston Business Journal. \u201cState policies to increase Latino student success should keep in mind the profile of Latino students and adjust to meet their needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Cover photo: Excelencia In Education)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historically underrepresented groups of students &#8212; 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