Immigration Lowers College Participation Rates in Utah
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Fewer Young People Headed to Campus
(KCPW News) Fewer young people are going to college in Utah, and a new study suggests that's a result of immigration.
University of Utah economist Pam Perlich says Hispanics make up the largest percentage of Utah's foreign-born population. Her report to the State Board of Regents indicates Hispanic immigrants are less likely to have a high school diploma than white non-Hispanics. Furthermore, she says the majority of Hispanic immigrants of college-age come to Utah to work, not seek higher education. Perlich predicts Hispanics will make up 20 percent of Utah's population by 2010. Her report warns the State Board of Regents that increasing immigration will have a significant impact on Utah's higher education system in the coming decade.
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1. Jack Franke said:
The socio-economic standard in theU.S. will be lowered with an increase in the Mexican population. I have lived around Mexicans all my life (I'm 70 yrs old). They are geared to Mexican customs and do not desire to be a part of the "American" tradition,i.e. progressing mentally and technically.
3. Jarrod Ribble said:
I'll say! Just look what unmonitored immigration did to the US through the 1800s and early 1900s. When will we learn?
2. Wesley Franklikn said:
By unmonitored immigration going unchecked most of our standards will be lowered by diseases, overcrowded hospitals, lowered educational quality, overcrowded jails, and prisons. At what point will we or our government realize this fact.