Topic: College Enrollment & Access

A new framework that could evolve P-16 policies and practices for students of color without relying on affirmative action.

Supporting student-parents would be an effective way for colleges to counter bans on affirmative action and DEI and promote diversity in higher ed.

Our analysis of college access for undergraduate students from seven different races/ethnicities across the nation’s four-year higher education institutions provide a holistic set of data about how students of various races and ethnicities experience college access.

New EdTrust report shows that very few Latino students are enrolled in private institutions.

As an accompaniment to our analysis of Black student enrollment, EdTrust explored enrollment for Latino students at the nation’s 122 most selective private four-year colleges and universities.

Here are some recommendations on how colleges can better support undocumented students in the wake of the affirmative action ban and remove barriers that often deter these students from obtaining a postsecondary degree.

Following the Supreme Court decision to ban race-conscious admissions, which tools can be used to uphold our commitment to racial justice in college access?

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to end affirmative action in college admissions, many higher education leaders and students are looking for alternative ways to foster diversity on…

Ed Trust researchers examined Black student enrollment in 2000 and 2020 at some of the nation’s most selective four-year private colleges and universities to follow up on earlier research they did in 2020.