This cannot be achieved by solely primary education. Typically, you need at least a secondary education, …show more content…
One of these risk factors is delayed enrollment. Delayed enrollment can be caused by several factors, usually always stemming from high school influences, such as gangs and family collectivism. Thereby, Mexican-American students may delay their process towards higher education to help the family, or rely on the income from the drug dealing industry. Furthermore, Even though Mexicans are more likely to enroll in two-year colleges than Cubans are, they are also more likely attend two-year colleges. As I said earlier, two-year colleges tend to have students with lower levels of completion and transfer rates to four-year colleges (Fry 2002). This can be attributed to their SES because it tends to dictate where they attend college. Additionally, since they are from this lower SES, it causes unawareness of scholarship programs that Mexican-Americans could apply for and receive. This all goes back to their high school development where children from urban schools tend to not get the correct advising to apply to college; thus, do not apply for financial aid or other financial assistance programs to make the transition to college