Higher education has long been a path to economic security, and this is especially true for low-income students, first-generation college students, and students of color. Current demographic trends show that non-Hispanic ...

As the accounts from Michelle Obama and Sonia Sotomayor poignantly illustrate, going to college can often be an ambivalent experience for low-income, first-generation, and racial and ethnic minority students. Drawing on ...

Earlier this year, Harvard University public policy professor Robert D. Putnam published the blockbuster social policy book of 2015: Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis. As a supplement to those efforts, this report ...

The main purpose of this guide is to help create a comprehensive, equitable historical record of New York’s Latino/Hispanic populations, one that represents fairly the full spectrum of communities, facets of life, and ...

Income inequality has become one of our greatest obstacles to economic mobility, as U.S. residents today face unequal opportunities and access to the American Dream. Some people have it better than others: Whites earn ...

In 2015, NSSE collected responses from more than 315,000 first-year and senior students attending 585 bachelor’s degree-granting colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. The following pages present selected ...

Almost two-thirds of students who enter community colleges every year are judged to be academically not ready to engage in college-level coursework. The bulk of the evidence, however, suggests that the $4 billion annual ...

Amidst the turbulent cross-currents of immigration reform, nearly a quarter of a million undocumented undergraduates are struggling to find their way in higher education. Their liminal state calls for research to inform ...

The outcomes today at community colleges are often dismal. While 81 percent of first-time community college students say they wish to earn a bachelor’s degree or more, after six years, only 12 percent do so; two-thirds ...

This report is an in depth analysis of economic and educational indicators in the nation's largest state. The report concludes that low-income students are bearing a larger burden in paying for college than middle- and ...