Redefining Latino DiversityBy: Thomas Bailey & D. Timothy Leinbach — Community College Week (April 11, 2005). vol. 17, pp. 4.In this newspaper article, CCRC Director Thomas Bailey discusses the continuing educational achievement gap between Latino students and their white and Asian counterparts, which jeopardizes the economic advancement of vast segments of the country’s largest and fastest-growing minority. "Despite recent gains in postsecondary
enrollment, Latino students are struggling
to keep pace with other students in completing
undergraduate programs. Recent
data reveal that these students earn credentials
at lower rates and disproportionately
fail to secure a degree from their community
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