March 10, 2011

60 National Partners Release Roadmap for Latinos to Make America World Leader in College Degrees

The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) is among 60 national partners that joined U.S. Rep. Charles Gonzalez, Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, former Secretary of Education Richard Riley, Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón, chairman of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans, and Excelencia in Education this week for a Capitol Hill event to release the “Roadmap for Ensuring America's Future.”

The Roadmap includes a statistical analysis of college completion rates to create benchmarks to measure America’s progress toward becoming the world leader in college degrees.  Based on this research, Latinos will have to earn 5.5 million college degrees by 2020 for America to reach 51 percent degree attainment and become the world leader.

The Roadmap is the result of a collaborative effort led by Excelencia in Education and supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Lumina Foundation for Education, and the Kresge Foundation.

Click here for more information about the “Roadmap for Ensuring America’s Future.” Read the press release.

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