How Failing to Get More Hispanics to College Could Drag Down All Americans’ Income

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How Failing to Get More Hispanics to College Could Drag Down All Americans’ Income

Improving higher education for Hispanics is now about more than altruism, said Bob Wise, former congressman and governor of West Virginia who is now president of the Alliance for Excellent Education and one of the voices sounding this alarm. It’s about self-interest. “We’ve finally reached a moment in our society where the morals and the money have joined,” Wise said. “It’s not just about doing well for others. If you don’t, you’re not going to be doing well for yourself.”