Recalculating Latino STEM Success

How do you know if a college is doing well by its Latino students interested in careers in science and technology? One might look at the institutions that have the most Latino students majoring in those fields, or that graduate the most students with degrees in those fields.

But a new report from the University of Southern California's Center for Urban Education proposes another set of metrics that institutional and other leaders can use to measure their own success -- or lack of it -- in getting students from Latino backgrounds interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (or STEM) disciplines and, ultimately, to degrees.