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Men dominate good jobs that pay without a BA, consistently holding 70% of these well-paying jobs. Learn more: bit.ly/2Qbop94 #GoodJobsData

It’s time to reevaluate whether #highered really is the great equalizer that so many believe it to be. Read more: bit.ly/2Ly1LUk

Not attending college can impact lifetime earnings. Adults with an associate’s degree outearn those with a high school diploma by 31%. Read more: bit.ly/34Moxiy

There are more than 30M well-paying #goodjobs in the US for workers without a bachelor’s degree. Watch: bit.ly/34NHeT2 #GoodJobsData

What does it take to get in-demand, well-paying jobs in #Ohio that don’t require a four-year degree? Learn more in this interview with Dr. Carnevale: to.pbs.org/313XOMl @PBS

If there were a minimum Pell Grant student enrollment of 20% at every college and university, UW-Madison would have had to increase its number of low-income students by about 500 in 2017. Read more: bit.ly/2QeabnZ

Education level matters, but program of study and majors matter even more. The difference in earning potential between various college majors reaches $39K. cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/5r…

The median salary of education majors is still almost 30% more than the median earnings of a worker with only a high school diploma. Learn more about the benefits of #highered here: cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/5r… #CEWmajors

More #highered correlates with better pay and lower unemployment. But is more education always better? Read more: stltoday.com/news/national/…

Neil Ridley joins "Manufacturing Tomorrow’s Workforce" to discuss the manufacturing industry from the 1940s through today and how the industry’s workforce has changed dramatically. Listen here: …cturingtomorrowsworkforce.podbean.com/e/the-evolutio…

10 College Majors With the Best Starting Salaries

In this article for U.S. News and World Report, Darian Somers and Josh Moody list the fields of study that lead to the highest starting salaries. Somers and Moody cite CEW report “The College Payoff.”

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Half of Student Loan Borrowers Worry They’ll Be in Debt Forever, Study Finds

In this CNBC article, Annie Nova writes about the exponential growth of student debt and the subsequent fears of student borrowers. Nova cites the CEW report “The Economic Value of College Majors.”

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The only thing more expensive than going to college is not going to college.

Anthony P. Carnevale
Director and Research Professor