7 Key Takeaways on Degree Attainment for Black Adults
August 16, 2018 by Andrew Howard Nichols The individual benefits of earning a college degree are well known, but the larger social benefits that are associated with a better educated population are often overlooked. Generally, people with…
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…
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…
Guiding Students Toward Degrees
April 18, 2017 by Bonita Brown It’s that time of year when college seniors are busy, readying themselves for graduation after four (or five or six) long years of working toward that degree. They’ve taken all…
College Hoops and Black Student Success: Why March Can Be So Maddening
March 31, 2017 by Andrew Howard Nichols Like many of you, I took some time during the last two weeks to relax and watch some college hoops. I’ve always loved college basketball, particularly March Madness. But, if…
More on Black Student Success: What It Means to Be at the Top of Our List
March 23, 2017 by Andrew Howard Nichols Over the last few years, Ed Trust has released several reports on graduation rates and gaps for low-income students and students of color at four-year colleges and universities. In each…
A Look at Black Student Success
March 01, 2017 by Andrew Howard Nichols, Denzel Evans-Bell More Black students are enrolling in four-year colleges and universities than ever before. But what happens to these students…