2010 Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) Public Policy Conference

Sarita Brown, President of Excelencia in Education will serve as a panelist for an Education Summit, "Increasing College Graduation Rates for Latinos-A National Imperative".

The summit will focus on the critical need to increase U.S. college attainment rates and the role that Latinos will play in future workforce needs. The Obama Administration and other organizations recently embraced a goal to increase the percentage of Americans with two to four year college degrees from 39% to 60% by 2025 to address an expected shortage of 23 million college educated adults in the U.S. workforce in 2025. The Hispanic community will play a critical role in the endeavor, as Latinos are expected to account for 25% of the U.S. population by 2030.  Panelists will discuss the role that the Latino community will play to meet future workforce needs and discuss strategies to increase access to quality education and educational attainment of Latinos to help keep the U.S. competitive in the global marketplace.