Latino Student Success and America’s Future NACADA Annual Conference October 2, 2009

Latino Student Success andAmerica’s Future

NACADA Annual ConferenceOctober 2, 2009

Why look at the education of Latino students?

• 2nd largest racial/ethnic group

… and growing• Youngest racial/ethnic group• Lower educational attainment• Future workforce and civic leadership

Release of

• US Census

• Creating the Will: Hispanics Achieving Educational Excellence

Final Report from the President’s Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans

Year 2000

Year 2009

Still working on Creating the Will

Public perception of today’s Latino students

• Immigrant• Undocumented• English Language Learner (ELL)• High school dropout

Actual profile of today’s Latino students

• U.S. born• U.S. citizens• English dominant• High school graduate

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Majority are:

•First-generation

•Enroll part-time

•Attend community colleges

•Commute to college (live off campus)

•Enroll at colleges close to where live

•Work (off-campus) while enrolled in college

•Do not complete college in the traditional path (enroll right after high school and complete degree in four years)

Latinos and the Nation’s Youth

Latino Share of Age Groups in the US Population (2007)

24% 21% 20% 18% 17% 18% 20%16%

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5 to 9 10 to14

15 to17

18 and19

20 to24

25 to29

35 to44

Source: 2007 American Community Survey

Lumina Foundation for Education

Obama Administration Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Convergence 

Increase the percentage of American with high quality degrees and credentials from 39% to 60% by 2025

National initiative to identify and promote programs and institutional departments with significant evidence of improving educational achievement for Latino students in higher education.

Associate, Baccalaureate and Graduate Levels

www.EdExcelencia.org