Minority Male Plight Demands Broad U.S. Action, College Board Says: WASHINGTON — A College Board report highlighting the “overwhelming barriers” U.S. minority males confront in becoming educated and productive citizens recommends national strategies aimed at erasing “the disparities in educational attainment” and demonstrating “new ways of reaching the increasingly diverse U.S. student population.”
During a program co-hosted by the Congressional Tri Caucus at the U.S. Capitol, College Board officials on Tuesday released “The Educational Crisis Facing Young Men of Color,” a 42-page report that was produced by the board’s Advocacy and Policy Center. The report’s summaries, data and recommendations resulted from a series of meetings, known as “Dialogue Days,” that were convened in 2008 to explore secondary and postsecondary achievement among African-American, Hispanic, Asian-American and Pacific Islander, and Native American males.
