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10 years later, goal of getting more Americans through college is way behind schedule

The Hechinger Report

At this rate, the target won’t be met until at least 2041 , the research arm of the nonprofit Educational Testing Service, or ETS, predicts. It will take until at least 2056 for 60 percent of all working-age Americans — not just 25- to 34-year-olds —to have college educations of some kind, ETS calculates.

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As colleges lose enrollment, some turn to one market that’s growing: Hispanic students

The Hechinger Report

In the past, said Deborah Santiago, chief executive officer of the Hispanic advocacy organization Excelencia in Education, higher education institutions could hit their [enrollment] numbers without engaging this population. Now they need us, she says of universities and colleges recruiting Hispanic students like her. Thats no longer the case.