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While the number of Latino teachers has increased in recent years to represent nearly 8 percent of the teacher workforce, the growth has not kept pace with stud...

President Obama has renamed the My Brother’s Keeper initiative he created to close the opportunity gaps faced by black and Latino males, hoping the new monike...

More Americans are pursuing graduate degrees, but it’s the students from wealthier backgrounds who are most likely to earn the degrees that pay the most, a ne...

The outgoing Obama administration placed for-profit colleges under a great deal of scrutiny....

A Q&A With Outgoing Executive Director Alejandra Ceja....

News stories often state that black and Latino males have lower test scores and graduation rates than their white and Asian peers, that they’re more likely to...

The ability to speak more than one language can enhance brain function, academic performance and business acumen, linguistic experts said at a U.S. House of Rep...

An increase in low-income and minority-group students will challenge colleges to serve them better...

Calling racial segregation a violation of human rights, two New York City councilors proposed a bill last week that seeks to combat the widespread segregation i...