Young Mexican citizens who return to Mexico—either voluntarily or through deportation—often find it difficult to continue their studies. Some give up, while others have to redo years of coursework just to get back to where they left off in the United States.

A new hour-long special explores all things higher education and what's at stake for people from Spain, China, Mexico, and the United States as they pursue an education beyond high school.

In Texas, state lawmakers recently decided to dismantle offices on college campuses that try to make college campuses more diverse and welcoming to all types of underrepresented students.

Experts worry that a ban on those efforts, combined with the likely end of race-conscious admissions, could cement the impression that students of color are not welcome in the state’s higher education institutions and walk back decades of efforts to build more diverse campuses.

Some colleges are quietly talking about how they will respond if the U.S. Supreme Court, as expected, rules against affirmative action in their admissions programs.

But two options, among others, are available to institutions that want to preserve diversity even if they aren’t allowed to consider race directly in admissions decisions. One policy is a state adopting a percentage plan. The other is increasing the enrollment of community college transfer students.