Guest Editorial:
By Katherine Leal Unmuth
Latino Ed Beat
Higher numbers of Latinos are enrolling in college than ever before — even as overall college enrollment in the United States is falling.
The findings were released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday. The number of Hispanics enrolling in college increased to 3.4 million in 2012, an increase of 15 percent over the previous year, Reuters reported. Hispanic students now make up 17 percent of college students.