Together with UnidosUS and UNC Center for Community Capital, UNC School of Law promoted the second report arising out of a generous grant from Lumina Foundation to study the relationship between debt, achievement and equity in higher education, with a specific focus on Latino students.
An aversion to taking on debt and lack of access to reliable transportation were major factors in Latino students’ ability and willingness to enroll and complete postsecondary education, according to a study by UnidosUS and UNC School of Law that surveyed Latino students who began, but didn’t complete, a college program.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Latino students were enrolling in college in record numbers but trailing their white and Asian American peers when it comes to earning a degree. “Dreams Interrupted: A Mixed-Methods Study Assessing Latino College Completion”is a qualitative companion to the quantitative findings of the 2020 report “Debt, Doubt, and Dreams: Understanding the Latino College Completion Gap,” providing a more compelling understanding of Latinos’ hesitancy to take on educational debt.
View the video of Professor Kate Elengold explaining the study and the outcomes.
