{"id":4352,"date":"2015-10-23T19:39:34","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T19:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=4352"},"modified":"2015-10-23T19:39:39","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T19:39:39","slug":"research-aims-to-close-hispanic-college-information-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=4352","title":{"rendered":"Research Aims to Close Hispanic College Information Gap"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Eric Galatas<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

AUSTIN, Texas<\/strong> – Hispanics have a new tool for choosing a college degree that can translate into higher earnings in the workplace, thanks to three new publications in Spanish from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.<\/p>\n

Anthony Carnevale, the center\u2019s director, said getting just any college degree is no longer a guarantee of economic success.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s different now is what you make depends on what you take, depends on your field of study,\u201d he said. \u201cSo it\u2019s not just about getting the degree, it\u2019s what\u2019s your major, what\u2019s your field of study – and that\u2019s the real lesson in this.\u201d<\/p>\n

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At a time when college majors \u2013 not degrees \u2013 can determine earnings potential, the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce has published research on salaries connected with 137 different college majors in Spanish. Photo: TNS<\/p><\/div>\n

Carnevale said an increasing number of Hispanics are going to college, but most are not enrolling in the highest-paying majors. More than one in five selected International Business, the most popular major – with earnings averaging $51,000 a year. Only 6 percent of Hispanics chose pharmaceutical degrees with $90,000 salaries.<\/p>\n

Bethany Boggess, research director for the Texas-based Workers Defense Project, called the publications a lifeline for Hispanic families. She pointed to the center\u2019s research showing college graduates with the highest-paying majors can earn $3.4 million more than students who choose the lowest-paying majors.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it\u2019s not in one of the higher-paying fields that you\u2019re going to end up earning far less over a lifetime,\u201d she said. \u201cWe still have a lot of work to do here in Texas because only 62 percent of Latinos here graduated from high school and just 12 percent actually have a college degree.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carnevale agreed that Hispanics are not getting the support they need and noted the quality of college counseling is especially poor in minority and low-income communities across the United States. He said he\u2019s hopeful the new publications will help families navigate what he calls an explosion of post-secondary education options.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s almost more information than people can handle because the variety of different kinds of awards and degrees has grown so much,\u201d he said. \u201cSo people really need detailed information, and that\u2019s what we try to provide.\u201d<\/p>\n

All three publications are available at the center\u2019s website: cew.georgetown.edu<\/a>. The English version is at cew.georgetown.edu\/cew-reports\/hispanicmajors\/<\/a> and the Spanish version is at cew.georgetown.edu\/cew-reports\/carreraseingresos\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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