INSIDE HIGHER ED — A new report from the Campaign for College Opportunity, a California-based research and policy advocacy organization, highlights ongoing equity gaps for Black and Latinx students pursuing higher education in Los Angeles County. The report, released today, describes some notable gains in Black and Latinx students’ access to college and their academic outcomes. However, it also notes stubborn education disparities and suggests the COVID-19 pandemic could “threaten to offset and undo years of improvements for California’s high schools and community colleges” in particular. Michele Siqueiros, president of the Campaign for College Opportunity, said Los Angeles County is “the most populous, most significant county” in California, so the report has broader implications for the state. The county is home to about a third of the Black and Latinx residents in the state, and California has the most Latinx residents of any state and the fifth-largest Black population in the country.