Postsecondary educational attainment in the United States continues to vary significantly by racial and ethnic groups -- and in some cases within racial and ethnic groups. That is the overall finding of “Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Groups, 2016,” released Thursday by the U.S. Education Department. And generally black and Latino students lag their white and Asian counterparts.
The same day that report was released a study on American attitudes toward gaps in education attainment was also released. That study, published in Educational Researcher, the flagship journal of the American Educational Research Association, found that while a majority of the public cares about closing the educational attainment gap in American society that is based on family wealth, concern about the issue is much less evident when it comes to reducing racial and ethnic gaps in educational attainment.
Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/08/12/studies-show-continued-racial-gaps-educational-attainment-and-public-ambivalence