Hispanic Students & College Education...

So the supplemental article sent out that pertained to the subject matter of our class, titled “Hispanic Students Aspire to Higher Education but Face Barriers”, talked about college age students of Hispanic descent and some of the potential reasons why Hispanic students are not as likely to follow through with a college education. The article mentions that many of these students believe that having a college degree is not only something they are interested in, it is something that they feel is essential in having a solid career later on in life, yet not as many students actually finish their degree. The possible reasons for this were described as a lack of involvement in the process of advancing education from students’ families, as well as some hesitance to sacrifice being able to provide for their families in order to afford a college education.

While this has obviously been shown to be true of Hispanic students in particular for this article, I think the same struggles often apply to people of other ethnicities as well. I know a couple of people that are different races who have left college because they could not afford to pursue their education and support themselves or their families at the same time. I also know someone who put off going to college for years because they did not have help from their family. The difficulties discussed in the article are significant and seem like things that people of any race can relate to in one way or another.