Equality vs. Equity for Undocumented Students in NJ

Every child should be given the opportunity to reach their God-given potential.  That’s a moral requirement…   We need to get to work…on things like making sure there’s tuition equality for everybody…”   —N.J. Governor Chris Christie —

This week, New Jersey lawmakers will send a bill to Governor Chris Christie’s desk that provides undocumented students who have grown up and gone to high school here with access to resident tuition rates and state-level financial aid.  This comes after Christie’s pre-election pitch that tuition equality was much needed and that legislation would “get done in the lame duck session.”  Yet, with the elections now over, Christie has backed off

The Latino Gender Gap in College Attendance and Graduation

Data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System¹ tells us that Latinas are more likely to graduate from high school and are more likely to attend and graduate from college than Latinos… http://blog.latism.org/edu-wednesday-latino-gender-gap-in-college-attendance-and-graduation-rates/