Graduates embrace faculty after receiving their diplomas as Madison High School held their graduation at the Ellis Davis Field House in Dallas on Friday, June 11, 2021.Black and Latino students graduating in the top 10% of their high school class aren’t entering college directly from high school even though their academic performance would grant them automatic acceptance to public colleges and universities in Texas.
This trend exacerbates existing underrepresentation of Black and Hispanic students at state flagship colleges and universities and widens gaps between the proportion of white Americans with degrees and Blacks with degrees. The . Keller said direct-to-college enrollments of high school graduates dropped more than 6% and that dual credit enrollments of high school students and transfers from community colleges to universities each fell about 8% since the pandemic began.
It's their choice, let them do what they want