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Report: Latinos Essential to Growing STEM Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

in 2003 – and 7.5% Despite these gains, Latino students continue to face several hurdles during their academic and career pursuits, such as insufficient financial literacy, career planning, and financial assistance. Graduate students’ needs are focused on financing their education and financial support for conference travel.

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Why not HE? The reasons those from under-represented backgrounds decide against university

SRHE

Yet, stepping back from the focus associated with outreach evaluation and taking time to the talk with – and listen to – the same learners can be a very enlightening experience and, as Levin-Rozalis (2003) notes, lead to ‘new insights’. The second observation concerns the means by which these voices can be captured.