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The Colleges Where Low-Income Students Get the Highest ROI

The Colleges Where Low-Income Students Get the Highest ROI Summary College typically pays off for low-income students, but not as much as it does for their peers. Low-income students, whose families earn $30,000 or less per year, comprise more than one-third of college students. The Colleges Where Low-Income Students Get the Highest ROI finds that low-income students have a lower…
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Navigating the College-to-Career Pathway: The 10 Rules of Moving from Youth Dependency to Adult Economic Independence

Navigating the College-to-Career Pathway The 10 Rules of Moving from Youth Dependency to Adult Economic Independence Over the past half century, postsecondary education has played an increasingly important role in career preparation in the United States. Having a college degree or certificate has become both more valuable in the labor market and more expensive, with much of the burden falling…
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If Not Now, When?: The Urgent Need for an All-One-System Approach to Youth Policy

If Not Now, When? The Urgent Need for an All-One-System Approach to Youth Policy If Not Now, When? The Urgent Need for an All-One-System Approach to Youth Policy makes the case that the United States’ disjointed approach to youth policy has failed young people. In the current fragmented system, pre-K–12, postsecondary education, and the workforce operate in silos that allow…
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The Cost of Economic and Racial Injustice in Postsecondary Education

The Cost of Economic and Racial Injustice in Postsecondary Education In partnership with the Postsecondary Value Commission, we conducted a thought experiment on the costs of inequality in the US education system. Our simulation found that the US economy misses out on $956 billion per year, along with numerous nonmonetary benefits, as a result of postsecondary attainment gaps by economic…
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