Amid coronavirus outbreak, nearly three-in-ten young people are neither working nor in school
Between February and June 2020, the share of young adults who are neither enrolled in school nor employed has more than doubled.
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Between February and June 2020, the share of young adults who are neither enrolled in school nor employed has more than doubled.
Around a quarter of college faculty in the U.S. were nonwhite in fall 2017, compared with 45% of students.
As Obama’s time in office nears its end, the U.S. remains short of his goal to produce more college graduates by 2020.
More Hispanics are already enrolled in college than ever before and, among those who are, nearly half (46%) attend a public two-year school, the highest share of any race or ethnicity.
Sixty years after the historic Brown vs. Board of Education ruling, schools are more integrated but white students are significantly less likely than minorities to attend diverse schools.
From 1996 to 2012, college enrollment among Hispanics ages 18 to 24 more than tripled (240% increase), outpacing increases among blacks (72%) and whites (12%).
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