TPR surveyed local college students to find out what their college experience is like, what’s helped them stay enrolled, and the biggest challenges they’ve had to overcome to earn their degree.
Through a fellowship with the Education Writers Association, TPR hired the Public Policy Research Institute at Texas A&M University-College Station to administer the survey and collect the results anonymously. The online survey was sent to students enrolled in one of the city’s public institutions of higher education within the last two years.
Each story will explore what San Antonio’s Black and Latino college students say are the best ways to help them earn their degrees.
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San Antonio’s college leaders say we need to increase the college-going rate in order to shrink the Latino college gap. What's keeping more Latino students from enrolling? -
San Antonio’s pre-existing racial and economic disparities put Black and Latino students at greater risk when businesses closed and coronavirus infections soared. -
Latino college students in San Antonio are more likely to be responsible for helping their family pay the bills. Sometimes the needs of their families have to take precedence over earning a degree. -
San Antonio's Latino college students say they avoid student loans because they're afraid they won't be able to pay them back. -
Just 17% of Latino adults in San Antonio have a bachelor’s degree. Our largest population is the least likely to have a college degree. How did we get here? And why aren't we doing better? -
A La Mitad De Los Universitarios De San Antonio Les Preocupa Quedarse Sin Comida Durante La PandemiaCasi la mitad de los estudiantes matriculados en las instituciones públicas de educación superior de San Antonio estaban preocupados por quedarse sin alimentos durante la pandemia, según una encuesta que TPR envió a universitarios durante el semestre de la primavera-2021. -
Almost half of the students enrolled in San Antonio’s public institutions of higher education worried about running out of food during the pandemic, according to a survey TPR sent to college students during the Spring 2021 semester.
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Latino students are just as likely as students of other races and ethnicities to be encouraged by their parents to go to college, but they're more likely to be responsible for helping their family pay the bills.
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En una encuesta que Texas Public Radio envió a estudiantes actualmente o recientemente inscritos en una de las instituciones públicas de educación superior de San Antonio, los hispanos tenían la misma probabilidad que los estudiantes blancos de solicitar préstamos. Pero las razones por las que no solicitaron préstamos variaron según su raza y etnia.
