Education
Most of the Old Latvians, although recognizing the importance of education, did not appear to want or to be able to afford college degrees. Thus, in 1911 only two individuals had obtained American university degrees.
The majority of Latvians emigrants to the United States after World War II were university graduates. Many were academics or belonged to intelligentsia.
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