California is home to more than 15 million Latinos, the largest racial/ethnic group in the state. When one in two children under the age of 18 in California is Latino, one conclusion is clear: the future of the economy and the state will rise or fall on the educational success of Latinos. To secure the economic future of California, the state needs to significantly increase the number of Latino students who are prepared for, enroll in, and graduate from college. The good news is more Latinos are graduating from high school and completing the necessary coursework to be eligible applicants to four-year public universities. Latinos are also enrolling in college, particularly four-year universities, in larger numbers than they have before. Compared with other racial/ethnic groups however, Latinos are still less likely to have a college degree and lag far behind in overall college readiness, enrollment and degree completion rates. The following recommended reforms are detailed in this report and will help all students regardless of race, ethnicity, or income to succeed. They include: (1) Create a statewide plan for higher education; (2) Ensure colleges successfully move students through pre-college level courses, quickly and with improved retention rates; (3) Provide students with clear transfer pathways to four-year degrees; (4) Expand college knowledge in middle and high school and invest in support services students need to succeed; (5) Fund colleges for both enrollment growth and successful outcomes; (6) Strengthen financial support options for low- to moderate-income college students; and (7) Allow California's public universities to use race/ethnicity as one of many factors in weighing an applicant's qualifications for admission. [Michele Siqueiros, Jessie Ryan, and Audrey Dow contributed to this report. Additional funding was provided by the Sand Hill Foundation.]