As California State University students head back to school, data indicates that overall graduation rates are up. But stubborn racial inequities remain on CSU campuses.
In partnership with the non-profit newsroom CalMatters, CBS California is taking a closer look at the graduation equity gaps on Cal State campuses.
CSU has an ambitious 2025 goal of eliminating the graduation rate gap between so-called "underrepresented minorities" and other races.
The problem: the way CSU bundles so-called underrepresented minorities to track those achievement goals statistically ignores how the system is failing some Black students.
