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    The College-Graduation Problem All States Have

    Across the country, black and Latino adults are far less likely to hold a college degree than white adults. Can better support for colleges that serve a high percentage of minorities change that?
    by Adam Harris Jun 16, 2018 2 minutes
    Source: Fabian Bimmer / Reuters

    Near the beginning of his presidency, Barack Obama gave a speech to Congress that laid out a goal for the future: “By 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.” At the time, America was 12th, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

    Almost a decade later, and with 2020 not far off, where do U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. Still, that , according to the latest available data.

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