{"id":516,"date":"2022-02-01T10:45:58","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T10:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.law.unc.edu\/july-2022\/?p=516"},"modified":"2022-06-30T13:47:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T17:47:57","slug":"elengold-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.law.unc.edu\/june-2022\/elengold-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Elengold and UnidosUS Report Explores the Barriers to College Completion for Latino Student"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Together with UnidosUS<\/a> and UNC Center for Community Capital<\/a>, UNC School of Law promoted the second report arising out of a generous grant from Lumina Foundation<\/a> to study the relationship between debt, achievement and equity in higher education, with a specific focus on Latino students.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

An aversion to taking on debt and lack of access to reliable transportation were major factors in Latino students\u2019 ability and willingness to enroll and complete postsecondary education, according to a study by UnidosUS <\/a>and UNC School of Law that surveyed Latino students who began, but didn\u2019t complete, a college program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. \u201cDreams Interrupted: A Mixed-Methods Study Assessing Latino College Completion\u201d<\/a>is a qualitative companion to the quantitative findings of the 2020 report \u201cDebt, Doubt, and Dreams: Understanding the Latino College Completion Gap,\u201d<\/a> providing a more compelling understanding of Latinos\u2019 hesitancy to take on educational debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

View the video of Professor Kate Elengold<\/a> explaining the study and the outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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