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…
Can Undocumented Students Access Free College Programs?
In Ed Trust’s recent report, A Promise Fulfilled: A Framework for Equitable Free College Programs, we provide a policy framework for designing free college policies that benefit students who struggle…
Degree Attainment for Native American Adults
November 15, 2018 by Wil Del Pilar, Ph.D. In two previous briefs, we examined the degree attainment of Black and Latino adults, where we found a 17 percentage point gap in degree attainment between Black adults and White…
To What Extent Do Top Colleges Enroll (or Not Enroll) Latino Students?
October 09, 2018 by J. Oliver Schak In a previous blog, I examined colleges that are often referred to as emerging Hispanic-Serving Institutions or emerging HSIs for short, which enroll between 15 to 24 percent Latino students.…
A Closer Look at Emerging Hispanic-Serving Institutions
October 02, 2018 by J. Oliver Schak As an alumnus of a top-ranked and predominantly White college with little racial, ethnic, or socio-economic diversity, I have often wondered how many institutions like mine have or have not…
University Enrollment in Puerto Rico Prior to Hurricane Maria: Lessons from Katrina
September 21, 2018 by Wil Del Pilar, Ph.D. With mixed feelings of excitement and apprehension, I arrived in Puerto Rico this summer — excited to see family and friends and relax on the beach; nervous about witnessing firsthand…