The U.S. Department of Education recently reported that the national adjusted cohort graduation rate (the percentage of public high school freshmen who graduate with a regular diploma within four years of starting 9th grade) in 2018-19 was 86%, the highest it has been since the rate was first measured in 2010-11. Asian/Pacific Islander students had the highest rate (93%), followed by white (89%), Hispanic (82%), Black (80%), and American Indian/Alaska Native (74%). These data illuminate the fact that, contrary to public perception, students of color are closing the gap with white students in high school graduation rates. These findings also suggest that there is an opportunity for predominantly white institutions (PWIs), especially those institutions at financial risk of closure. Their doors can remain open, Donald Brown argues, if they begin immediately to prioritize recruitment in overlooked communities of color. These institutions will probably find that there is an abundance of qualified, committed students who are ready and eager to enroll. In his judgment, the twin sibling of recruitment is retention. Predominantly white institutions will need to not only focus on recruiting Black and Brown high school graduates, but they will need to ensure that, once enrolled, these students are provided with the resources they require to persist and to graduate from college.