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SUMMARY: On college campuses, Latino males are perhaps the most underrepresented group. These men are often expected to provide for their families, which can mean a choice between getting an education and getting a job. Hari Sreenivasan reports as part of our Rethinking College series on one program that's trying to combat the issue by creating mentorship opportunities.
JUDY WOODRUFF (NewsHour): Now to the second installment of our week-long series on ideas to transform higher education for students and provide new opportunities.
Tonight, Hari Sreenivasan reports why some Latino males are being urged to turn down a job today in favor of four years of college tomorrow.
JUAN LOPEZ, Graduate Student, University of Texas: The series is called Rethinking College, and it's part of our weekly education coverage, Making the grade.
MAN: If I can have the mentors on one side and the mentees on another.
HARI SREENIVASAN (NewsHour): Graduate student Juan Lopez wants to bring to college campuses what he sees as largely missing, Latino males.
JUAN LOPEZ: They're not seen as people who will succeed, especially minority males of color.
I want to go to college.
HARI SREENIVASAN: So, on this day, Lopez and undergraduates from the university of Texas at Austin are mentoring high school freshman boys as part of an initiative called Project MALES.
JUAN LOPEZ: Undergraduates mentor high school students. Graduate students mentor undergraduate students.
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