College Used to be a Meritocratic Economic Mobility Machine in the U.S.

A couple of days ago the New York Times published an article by ERIK ECKHOLM titled "Higher Education Gap May Slow Economic Mobility". That is the source of the figure to the left.

A notable finding:

The researchers found that Hispanic and black Americans were falling behind whites and Asians in earning college degrees, making it harder for them to enter the middle class or higher.