The future of California is dependent on the success of its Latinx residents. Today, we released the 2018 State of Higher Education for Latinx in California report , which documents some of the progress California has made in providing college opportunity to its Latinx students, as well as the gaps in college attainment, access, and completion. As the largest – and growing – student population in the state, California’s failure to close the college attainment gap between
Latinx and White students will have grave consequences for our state's economic standing.

Key findings from the report include:

  • Good news: A growing number of Latinx students are graduating from high school, are college ready, and a record number – over 1.3 million – are enrolled in community colleges and universities.
  • Bad news: Our high schools are not preparing Latinx students for college at the same rate as White students.

  • Despite record college attendance, Latinx continue to be underrepresented on college campuses.

  • Of the students who entered a community college in California in the 2011-12 academic year, four of every five Latinx were placed into remedial courses. Less than forty percent of those students earned a degree or certificate, or transferred after six years.

  • Latinx college completion and graduation rates have been improving, but not at a rate that will meet California’s workforce demands.

  • For every Latinx tenured faculty member, there are 282 Latinx undergraduates, compared to 32 White undergraduates per White tenured faculty member.
Our colleges and universities have not done enough to eliminate persistent systemic barriers that keep too many Latinx students from succeeding in college.

For an overview of the   report,  register for our webinar happening today  at 11:00 a.m. PST . State and national experts will address some of the greatest barriers that Latinx students in California face and will share recommendations to ensure the success of Latinx students.