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15 Million Infrastructure Jobs: An Economic Shot in the Arm to the COVID-19 Recession

15 Million Infrastructure Jobs An Economic Shot in the Arm to the COVID-19 Recession Summary A $2 trillion jobs plan (of which $1.5 trillion will go to infrastructure) from the Biden-Harris administration would be good medicine to nurse the economic wounds inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The infrastructure plan would create or save 15 million jobs over 10 years and...
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Buyer Beware: First-Year Earnings and Debt for 37,000 College Majors at 4,400 Institutions

Buyer Beware First-Year Earnings and Debt for 37,000 College Majors at 4,400 Institutions Summary Did you know that in the first year after graduation you can make more money with an associate’s degree in nursing from Santa Rosa Junior College in California than with a graduate degree from some programs at Harvard University? Data from the College Scorecard reveal many...
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Tracking COVID-19 Unemployment and Job Losses

Tracking COVID-19 Unemployment and Job Losses TOOL 1Overall Job Loss and Unemployment After business closures and restrictions began in March, unemployment rose sharply, peaking in April. Cumulative job losses hit 23 million in May. TOOL 2Unemployment by Group Explore the data showing the share of workers unemployed from March 2020 through March 2021 by education level, gender, race, age, industry,...
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SAT-Only Admission: How Would It Change College Campuses?

SAT-Only Admission How Would It Change College Campuses? Full Report Press Release If applicants were admitted to America’s top 200 colleges based on their SAT scores alone, more than half of enrolled students would have to leave. The new class, comprised of students with scores higher than 1250, would be less racially diverse and slightly more affluent. Key Findings 1With...
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Our Separate & Unequal Public Colleges: How Public Colleges Reinforce White Racial Privilege and Marginalize Black and Latino Students

Our Separate & Unequal Public Colleges How Public Colleges Reinforce White Racial Privilege and Marginalize Black and Latino Students Full Report Executive Summary Video PowerPoint Press Release Today’s higher education system is divided into two unequal tracks stratified by race and funding. White students are overrepresented at selective public colleges that are well-funded with high graduation rates, while Black/African and...
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Balancing Work and Learning: Implications for Low-Income Students

Balancing Work And Learning Implications for Low-Income Students Full Report Executive Summary Video PowerPoint Press Release It has gotten increasingly harder for students to work their way through college, especially for low-income students who face steep challenges when combining work and learning. Students from higher-income families tend to benefit as they work fewer hours in jobs directly related to their...
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Five Rules of the College and Career Game

Five Rules Of The College And Career Game Why Equally Talented Students Don’t Get Equal Chances to Be All They Can Be Full Report Executive Summary Video PowerPoint Press Release As postsecondary education and training has become the most well-traveled pathway to middle class earnings, students, their families, and educators need to learn five rules of the college and career...
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