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The college-going gap between Black and white Americans was always bad. It’s getting worse

The Hechinger Report

This story also appeared in USA Today He also knew that the high school he attended on Chicago’s South Side offered few of the advantages that wealthier kids got. When he made it to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the shortcomings of his high school were even more evident. It’s just the way society is.”

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Billions in federal financial aid is going to students who aren’t graduating

The Hechinger Report

Related: High-paying jobs go begging while high school grads line up for bachelor’s degrees. Some are parents themselves, work at least part time or have taken time off since graduating from high school. They don’t have the luxury of turning away applicants with low high school GPAs or low SAT scores.”.