Hispanic students in California need higher education to be more accessible. Otherwise, the state may face serious economic and social consequences, concludes Patricia Gandara, a UC Davis education professor, in a new California Policy Seminar report. Hispanics need the ability to move upward through the economy but find it difficult to do so without higher education. While more than one-third of students in California's public schools are Hispanic, only a small fraction of the students complete a university education, Gandara says in the report "Choosing Higher Education: The Educational Mobility of Chicano Students." Integrated public schools, enriched curriculums in barrio schools, more aggressive college recruiting programs and fewer stereotyped ideas about Mexican American families are critical elements in bringing Hispanics into the mainstream of educational achievement, according to Gandara.