Today, one in three entrants to the U.S. workforce is Hispanic,
and by 2025 Hispanics will be one of every two new American
workers. And so, the future of America's workforce will be
increasingly Hispanic. But without significant change in college
attainment rates, the United States will face a shortage of 23
million college-educated adults in the workforce in the next 15
years - a crippling blow to U.S. economic competitiveness.
College attainment is even more important, because the jobs of
the future, especially high-paying middle class jobs will
increasingly be in the technology sector or industries that are
technology-enabled. Therefore STEM-ready, digitally literate
Hispanic college graduates are key to meeting our future
workforce needs. To get there, digital technology must also be
integrated into the education mainstream. We now have a five-
year goal that may help make this happen. The Obama
administration's FCC Chairman, Julius Genachowski and Secretary
of Education, Arnie Duncan recently announced t