21.   He has been lecturing to Hispanic students at high schools and colleges about the need to vote.

22.   He wants to become a college dean so he can serve as a role model for other Hispanic students, he said.

23.   Hispanic students ranked fifth.

24.   Hispanic students continue to have the highest attrition rates, notes the report from the Intercultural Development Research Association, a nonprofit group that studies education equity issues.

25.   Hispanic students did no better in private than in public schools.

26.   Hispanic students are about four times as likely to drop out of high school as are whites.

27.   Hispanic students ranked second.

28.   In addition, Hamann said, some educators think Hispanic students are here temporarily, so they do not need special help.

29.   In California medical schools, applications from black students have dropped by a quarter and by Hispanic students by a third over the last two years.

30.   In the fall, a small group of Hispanic students at Irvine, supported by advocates from off campus, held a hunger strike.