State colleges pitch education to Latinos
Source: ajc.com Posted By: Aidan P...5265 days ago
If Georgia’s public colleges are to succeed — and the state’s economy is to flourish — during the next couple of decades, recruiters must learn how to convince a growing group of students, and their families, that higher education is a good deal.
Already they are trying out new tactics to recruit Latino students, a group that will soon make up nearly one in four of Georgia’s college-age residents. Sheer numbers make this an increasingly desirable demographic for colleges and for the state’s economic....