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lunatica

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7. Working at UC Berkeley I've seen this happening

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat May 11, 2013, 02:21 PM

May 2013

Only a couple of years ago it was almost impossible to see a Latino face. Now I see them all the time. Everywhere. In my department we've had a few come as graduate students. It's wonderful and our department is quite proud to have them. We actively recruited them. And we feel quite lucky that they accepted us for their graduate work.

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Pew: Hispanics Overtake Whites In College Enrollment [View all] DonViejo May 2013 OP

Oops! Don't tell Jason Richwine of the Heritage Foundation, he'll be upset. freshwest May 2013 #1

Beat me to it. nt geek tragedy May 2013 #2

GMTA. freshwest May 2013 #3

lol Liberal_in_LA May 2013 #18

Great news! Also is something to beat Teabaggers and Repubs over the head with. nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2013 #4

Does Anyone Think They've Been Inspired otohara May 2013 #5

He has been tirelessly uplifting on that point. He knows the future and wants Americans to be in it. freshwest May 2013 #15

I have atleast one reason why...there are probably others too GetTheRightVote May 2013 #6

You know what? lunatica May 2013 #8

Both my children have college loans and they are younger than 24. yardwork May 2013 #10

Yeah, everything's always some impoverished brown person's fault, right? nomorenomore08 May 2013 #11

does the article say the hispanic students are not American Born ? JI7 May 2013 #12

Americans can't get in until they're 24? I'll have to call students in my area attending at age 18, freshwest May 2013 #14

Not true karynnj May 2013 #16

Both of my kids got loans at 18. City Lights May 2013 #20

Working at UC Berkeley I've seen this happening lunatica May 2013 #7

That's cool. tblue May 2013 #13

There are also a lot more blacks there now lunatica May 2013 #19

K & R !!! WillyT May 2013 #9

Predatory student loan institutions target low-income students more. Ash_F May 2013 #17