HoustonChronicle: Latinos lagging in higher education in Texas; the states future hangs in the balance

In Texas, 68 percent of Hispanics graduate from high school within four years, 10 points below the general average.

In Texas, 42.5 percent of Hispanics who graduated from high school in 2007 enrolled in college or a technical training program the following fall, compared with 45.3 percent of black students and 57.5 percent of white students.
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