The council report pointed to the rapidly growing, high-paying field of information technology to illustrate the consequences of the education gap. Latinos employed in major information technology jobs earn only slightly less than comparable white workers and twice as much as Latinos working in other fields. But they are substantially underrepresented in the information technology field. Although Latinos make up 11 percent of all workers, they constitute only 4 percent of information technology workers, the report says. Numerous federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, and corporations have committed themselves to supporting the President's goals.
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