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White Workers Have a Disproportionate Share of Good Jobs in the Labor Market News

White Workers Have a Disproportionate Share of Good Jobs in the Labor Market

In this Money article, Kaitlin Mulhere writes about the findings and recommendations of the new…

Frank ZhangOctober 17, 2019

White Workers Are More Likely than Black or Latino Americans to Have a Good Job — Even With the Same Level of Education News

White Workers Are More Likely than Black or Latino Americans to Have a Good Job — Even With the Same Level of Education

In this Marketwatch article, Quentin Fottrell discusses the racial disparity in who gets good jobs…

Frank ZhangOctober 17, 2019

Women’s Earnings Drop After Having a Child—But Men’s Do Not News

Women’s Earnings Drop After Having a Child—But Men’s Do Not

In this CNBC article, Abigail Hess writes about how the “motherhood penalty” contributes to the…

Frank ZhangOctober 16, 2019

Colleges Are Dropping ACT, SAT Requirements: A Look at Schools That Don’t Use Test Scores News

Colleges Are Dropping ACT, SAT Requirements: A Look at Schools That Don’t Use Test Scores

In this Newsweek article, Alanderia Whitlock explains why more underrepresented populations are able to access…

Frank ZhangOctober 16, 2019

Black Women Bear Largest Burden in Student Debt Crisis News

Black Women Bear Largest Burden in Student Debt Crisis

In this Detroit Free Press article, Susan Tompor writes about how student loan debt disproportionately…

Frank ZhangOctober 14, 2019

For the First Time, Women Are the College-Educated Workforce Majority News

For the First Time, Women Are the College-Educated Workforce Majority

In this radio interview, Meghna Chakrabarti and Stefano Kotsonis discuss women’s advancement in the workforce,…

Frank ZhangOctober 10, 2019

Questioning Their Fairness, a Record Number of Colleges Stop Requiring the SAT and ACT News

Questioning Their Fairness, a Record Number of Colleges Stop Requiring the SAT and ACT

In this article for the Hechinger Report, Alina Tugend discusses certain schools’ choice to be…

Frank ZhangOctober 9, 2019

Making Elite Colleges White Again News

Making Elite Colleges White Again

In this Hechinger Report article, Andre Perry writes about how fighting affirmative action in higher…

Frank ZhangOctober 8, 2019

New Report Explores How State Policy Impacts Access to Higher Education News

New Report Explores How State Policy Impacts Access to Higher Education

In this Diverse Issues in Higher Education article, Sara Weissman writes about how state investment…

Frank ZhangOctober 7, 2019