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"As the definition of 'higher education' expands, so too do the options available to high school seniors. Today’s students can opt for a two-year or four-year college path or consider work-based learning opportunities, such as apprenticeships and on-the-job training.
Thanks to these options, more high school graduates have enrolled in postsecondary education than ever before in Colorado — 56 percent. But beneath this good news lurks one troubling trend: declining college-going rates among young men of color."