Two recently released reports provide an enlightening picture of the state of higher education for Latinos in the United States. While there have been encouraging developments over the past 10 years, Latinos remain underrepresented and underserved across virtually all post-secondary education sectors, with many barriers to Latino higher education attainment — and the accompanying life-long, generation-spanning benefits that could accrue — remaining stubbornly in place.

The first report is a 2015 fact book, “The Condition of Latinos in Education,” prepared by Excelencia in Education (EIE), which contains a wealth of information from early childhood education through graduate studies and into employment.