By Liliana Valenzuela “There is a gap in the educational achievement of young Texans in which Hispanic and African-American students continue to lag behind their white counterparts. The educational disparity often translates into a wage and opportunity divide, according to...
By Liliana Valenzuela “Entre los adultos de Texas, de 25 a 64 años de edad, el 44.89% de los anglosajones tiene un título universitario, 29.24% de los afroamericanos y sólo el 17.65% de los latinos, según datos de la encuesta...
By Charles D. Ellison “…While black male incarceration rates dipped slightly from 2000 to 2010, brothers were still six times more likely to find themselves in jail than white men, according to a Pew Research study—with the less educated being...
By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel “By the time Wayne Tibak graduated from college this spring, he had more than $118,000 in student debt. Then came the monthly payments, $1,700 due every month. Tibak started working two jobs, one during the day at...
By Anna Dembowski “The price of graduating college with student loans may mean post-college life includes leaky windows, a cockroach-infested apartment, sleeping on the floor and the lack of a washer, dryer and dishwasher. But Bekah (Cvetich) Schouten, a 2012...
By Álvaro Ortiz “Los políticos y las autoridades educativas de Texas deben aumentar la financiación de programas académicos que ofrezcan a más estudiantes de minorías la oportunidad de cursar estudios universitarios, concluye un estudio preparado por Young Invincibles (YI, por sus...
By Ronald Roach “It’s widely believed that among the data gathered for the American Community Survey by the U.S. Census Bureau, the inclusion of college major choice as a data point has proved critical to a better understanding of the...
By Danya Perez-Hernandez “While early college high schools are a step in the right direction, it will take more for Texas to close the race gap in employment opportunities among young people of color, according to a new study. The...
Por Karina Ramírez “¿Qué impide que los jóvenes latinos sean exitosos en sus estudios o sus carreras profesionales? Varios grupos nacionales y locales citan la brecha racial, la falta de trabajo y la falta de participación en asociaciones profesionales. Son...