University of Denver

Latin American Herald Tribune website

DENVER – Going to college has become a losing proposition for a growing number of minority youth in Colorado who find themselves burdened with student debt in an economy that is short on good-paying jobs.

"I know several people, including two very close friends, who ... have degrees, but also have a lot of debt and because they can't find work, they end up mowing lawns," Jason Chavez, a business administration student at a Denver university, told Efe.

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Going to college has become a losing proposition for a growing number of minority youth in Colorado who find themselves burdened with student debt in an economy that is short on good-paying jobs.

"I know several people, including two very close friends, who ... have degrees, but also have a lot of debt and because they can't find work, they end up mowing lawns," Jason Chavez, a business administration student at a Denver university, told Efe.

As a state Senate committee prepares for a hearing on House Bill 1238 ("Ensuring K-3 Literacy Education") today, the Bell Policy Center is releasing an policy brief that reviews some of the assertions and research around student retention – holding students back a grade – as a mechanism for improving literacy skills. Retention is one of the important components of the proposed legislation.