<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/stories/cpe-report-shows-large.html" dsn="news"><hide/><featured/><pubDate>06/02/2021</pubDate><title>CPE report shows large income gaps along racial and ethnic lines</title><description>Despite growing diversity in Kentucky's workforce, Black and Asian employees still face massive income disparities when compared to white peers, even after earning a superior college degree. That's one of several findings in a newly released research brief from the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education. </description><image><img src="/_resources/images/cpe-report-shows-large.jpg" alt="Employees"/></image></item>