Study shows more educational barriers for Hispanic students: PORTLAND (AP) - Hispanics aspiring to college see themselves as facing more roadblocks than their white counterparts, a study led by a University of Oregon professor concludes.
Professor Ellen Hawley McWhirter of the UO School of Education said many of the problems are not subject to a quick fix.
The study, which appears in the February issue of the quarterly Journal of Career Assessment, involved 436 Mexican-American and white students in the Southwest and Midwest. McWhirter said preliminary findings from research under way in the Northwest are finding similar results.
While aspirations for a college degree were equal between Mexican-Americans and whites who participated in the study, 10 percent of Mexican-Americans got a degree against 34 percent of whites even though more Hispanics than ever are attending college.
