Higher Education

Education is an important part of our mission here at El Pueblo, Inc., and we have made it a priority in our youth outreach to aid and encourage North Carolina’s Latino youth to pursue higher education.

The National Center for Education Statistics found that in 2004, only 24 percent of Hispanics, ages 18 to 24 were enrolled in colleges or universities, compared to 42 percent of Whites between those ages.1 The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities reported that as of 2003, only 11.4 percent of all Hispanics over 25 years old had completed a college education while 70.4 percent had never attended college.2 Latino students continue to face barriers to higher education due to a variety of issues including financial difficulties, immigration status, and a lack of knowledge of the college preparation process and college entrance requirements. El Pueblo established the Higher Education Program to address these issues and improve Latino students’ access to higher education.

The Higher Education Program aims to:

• Inform Latino students about the benefits of pursuing higher education and the wide array of opportunities that exist for them to do so
• Conduct workshops and presentations that educate our Latino youth about the college preparation process
• Work with students on an individual basis to help them fill out their college applications and search for scholarships
• Educate the wider community about barriers facing Latino youth with regards to the access to higher education
• Work towards removing those barriers through advocacy and community education

Educators and Community Leaders

If you would like to hold a college preparation workshop or presentation for the Latino students at your school or in your class or club and are interested in having El Pueblo come present or have a table with information about access to higher education for Latinos, contact our Higher Education Coordinator:

Kathryn Kevin
(919)835-1525
email: kat@elpueblo.org.