The Latino community is the largest minority group on college campuses. But many challenges prevent the current Latino population from gaining more ground or enrolling additional students into colleges and universities. And as Virginia Public Radio’s Tommie McNeil reports, a roundtable discussion held in the Richmond area sought ideas and proposals to help change that.
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