Setting a New Standard: Despite the gains minorities have made in student enrollment and higher education leadership, the needle needs to move further and faster in the next 25 years to narrow the widening educational achievement equity gap.
When 22-year-old Roberto Rosas was awarded his bachelor’s in electrical engineering this spring from the University of Texas at San Antonio, it marked a major milestone for his family.
Like a growing number of students of color, Rosas is the first person in his family to graduate from college, a feat he achieved based on sheer determination to better himself and the lives of those around him.
