Opinion: Community college isn’t second tier; it helped me succeed
December 29, 2021 by EdTrust It bothers me when people think of community college as a second-tier option or backup plan. Whether straight out of high school or after a long break from education, community…
Black Undergraduate Women Reflect on What Prepared Them for College
November 29, 2021 by Janice A. Byrd The hashtag #BlackGirlMagic was created by a Black early childhood educator named CaShawn Thompson in 2015 as a way to “celebrate the beauty, power and resilience of Black women” and…
How A School District is Helping First-Generation Students Shape Their Career Goals
November 22, 2021 by Michael Matsuda In California, you can often find residents from around the world. It’s the same phenomenon in the Anaheim Union High School District (AUHSD), home to nearly 30,000 students grades 7-12,…
A New Approach to Supporting Students on Their Journey to College Graduation
November 04, 2021 by Lindsay Peck As her first semester of college at Delaware State University began in fall 2020, Kadiatu Mansaray had a problem: She didn’t have a computer. While the first-year college student was…
Blog Series: College and Career Readiness Through a Race-Conscious Lens
November 01, 2021 by Jonathan Davis, Wing Yi (Winnie) Chan Going to college or entering the workforce after graduating from high school are quintessential milestones for our nation’s students. Preparing for these key life events starts long before a student…
Build Back Better Act Includes Transformative Investments
October 28, 2021 by Denise Forte Build Back Better Act Includes Transformative Investments in Early Learning and College Access & Success, But More to Be Done on Addressing the Nation’s College Affordability Crisis Statement from Denise…
Funds for College Completion Are Essential for Educational Equity
October 25, 2021 by Reid Setzer Recent reports indicate that negotiations for the congressional reconciliation bill, the Build Back Better Act, are nearing completion. The draft bill includes several key measures to make the U.S. educational…
Jim Crow Debt
October 20, 2021 by Jalil B. Mustaffa, Ph.D., Jonathan Davis Student debt has been a crisis for years, and the pandemic has only exacerbated matters for many borrowers. This is especially true for Black borrowers, who are among those most negatively affected by student loans.
Black Student Loan Borrowers: College Debt Is Lifetime Sentence That Widens Racial Wealth Gap
October 20, 2021 by EdTrust (WASHINGTON) – A new research brief from The Education Trust shows that the student debt crisis places an especially heavy burden on Black Americans with student loans. Jim Crow Debt:…