State-Federal Partnerships May Be the Key to Reducing Black Student Debt
April 16, 2020 by Dominique J. Baker Black students disproportionately rely on student loans to finance higher education. In addition to being more likely than their peers to take out student loans in the first place, Black…
The ‘Black Tax’ Is Key to Understanding and Solving the Black Student Debt Crisis in the Time of COVID-19 and Beyond
April 16, 2020 by Victoria Jackson, Tiffany Jones It’s no secret that Black people must work harder and pay more to receive the same benefits and opportunity as their White or non-Black peers. This phenomenon is commonly known…
Graduation Rates Don’t Tell the Full Story: Racial Gaps in College Success Are Larger Than We Think
March 05, 2020 by Andrew Howard Nichols, Marshall Anthony Jr. “Student success” is a popular buzz phrase, but it means different things to different people. College and university administrators tend to measure student success on the basis of graduation rates.…
Trends in Enrollment and Degree Equity at Public Four-Year Colleges: 2001-2016
October 22, 2019 by J. Oliver Schak According to our recent Broken Mirrors reports and web-based State Equity Report Card, few states are doing enough to ensure that their public two- and four-year colleges enroll and graduate…
Americans Are Split on College Costs and Who Should Pay
September 25, 2019 by Wil Del Pilar, Ph.D. This is a repost from New America’s EdCentral Policy Blog. You can find the original post here. New America recently released its third annual Varying Degrees survey, which examines Americans’…
Candidates’ “Free College” Proposals Must be More Inclusive of College Students with Children. Here’s How.
July 30, 2019 by Susana Contreras-Mendez, Tessa Holtzman, Lindsey Reichlin Cruse More than half of the 2020 presidential candidates support some version of “free college” as a strategy to combat the rising cost of college. Whether or not “free college” is…
Where Are the Black Basketball Coaches?
April 10, 2019 by Wil Del Pilar, Ph.D. The NCAA has a new men’s and women’s basketball champion. Congratulations to University of Virginia and Baylor University. In the last days of the tournament, however, I was most struck…
Degree Attainment of Latinos Lags Far Behind That of Whites
April 01, 2019 by J. Oliver Schak In last year’s briefs, we analyzed national and state data on degree attainment for Black and Latino adults , ages 25-64. Slightly more than 22 percent of Latino adults have…
Parenting and Postsecondary Education: Supporting Student Parents in Illinois
February 11, 2019 by Jessie Gotsdiner, Katie Berger Ask your neighbors and friends about the most significant and challenging expenses they face, and you’ll likely hear a few common responses—housing, health care, child care, and college tuition. For…