Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) as a Means to College and Career Readiness
November 15, 2021 by Natalie Edirmanasinghe Imagine how schools might be different if educators co-crafted their content, policies, procedures, and expectations with the young people they teach. Critical pedagogy centers those who are experiencing a problem…
Paying Colleges to Boost Student Success Could Work – If States Get It Right
April 01, 2021 by EdTrust A new report by Ed Trust offers a blueprint for designing outcomes-based funding strategies that reward higher education equity Washington (April 1, 2021) – While more than 30 states have…
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.…
Which States Make the Grade When It Comes to Enrolling and Graduating Latino College Students?
September 11, 2019 by EdTrust None of Them, According to New Ed Trust Research WASHINGTON (September 11, 2019) — When it comes to enrolling and graduating Latinos, public colleges and universities in most states are…
UMD Commencement Speech: Move Forward and Make History
December 27, 2018 by John B. King Jr., J.D., Ed.D. Thank you, President Loh, Provost Rankin, all the families, friends, staff, and faculty…and most importantly, our graduates. You have worked hard to get to this moment. Some of you persevered…
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…
National & State Trends in Degree Attainment for Black Adults
June 14, 2018 by EdTrust The U.S. requires a well-educated workforce to grow our economy, strengthen our democracy, and solve big problems at home…
National & State Trends in Degree Attainment for Latino Adults
June 14, 2018 by EdTrust The U.S. requires a well-educated workforce to grow our economy, strengthen our democracy, and solve big problems at home…
A Look at Latino Student Success
December 14, 2017 by Andrew Howard Nichols More Latino students are enrolling in four-year colleges and universities than ever before. But what happens to these students…