3 Ways States Can Improve Degree Attainment for Blacks and Latinos
August 07, 2018 by Wil Del Pilar, Ph.D. In the U.S., if you are Black, you are two-thirds as likely to hold a college degree as someone who is White; if you are Latino, you are half as…
Statement from John B. King Jr. on the Trump Administration’s Reported Rollback of Joint Guidance on Diversity and Integration
July 03, 2018 by John B. King Jr., J.D., Ed.D. WASHINGTON — Today John B. King Jr., president and CEO of The Education Trust, issued the following statement on the Trump administration’s reported rollback of joint guidance from the U.S.…
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…
New Civil Rights Data Collection Shows Students of Color Are Being Systematically Pushed Out
Twice as likely — this phrase can have either good or bad connotations. In the case of new data released by the United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil…
The Nation’s History of Shortchanging Students of Color and Low-Income Students Continues
February 27, 2018 by EdTrust Ed Trust State-by-State Report Shows ‘Devastatingly Large’ Funding Gaps in Some States WASHINGTON (February 27, 2018) — Districts serving large populations of students of color and students from low-income families…
How Black Panther Has the Power to Ignite an Education Movement
February 26, 2018 by Samantha Kobbah This Black History Month, the world witnessed a revolutionary movement in film. Black Panther, the first Marvel movie directed by a Black filmmaker and the first to feature a predominantly…
Letter from 35 Higher Education Organizations Regarding the PROSPER Act
February 05, 2018 by EdTrust The Honorable Paul Ryan Speaker U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Kevin McCarthy Majority Leader U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Virginia Foxx Chairwoman…
A Look at Latino Success Tool
January 19, 2018 by EdTrust Use the set of charts below to see how individual colleges and universities compare to their peers serving similar…