Hispanic college students have, for years, performed and graduated at
lower rates than white students. Many institutions of higher learning
have been working to reduce that achievement gap. A new study has found
that a number of universities have not only closed the gap but are
graduating Latinos at higher rates than whites. Western Oregon
University in Monmouth, Oregon is among that number, having graduated
49 percent of Hispanic students compared with 43 percent of whites
between 2006 and 2008. Host Michel Martin speaks to the study's
co-author Jennifer Engle of The Education Trust and Western Oregon
University associate provost, David McDonald. READ MORE
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