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Factors that motivate Latino students to pursue higher education in selected colleges in the state of Oregon

Creator:

Meza Discua, José Luis

Abstract:

Latinos are the largest and most rapidly growing ethnic minority in the United States, and they have the highest dropout rates of any major ethnic group in the country (U.S. Department of Labor, 2003). Latinos' educational attainment is consistently lower than that of other students (Gandara, 2008). The majority of...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

Oregon and their living conditions have improved very little in the last ten years (Ferrara, 2005