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Mission Not Accomplished: Unequal Opportunities and Outcomes for Black and Latinx Engineers

Mission Not Accomplished Unequal Opportunities and Outcomes for Black and Latinx Engineers Summary Engineering occupations are some of the highest-paying and most prestigious in the US labor market, but they are also some of the least diverse. Mission Not Accomplished: Unequal Opportunities and Outcomes for Black and Latinx Engineers finds that of the nearly 1.7 million prime-age engineering workers in...
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The Cost of Economic and Racial Injustice in Postsecondary Education

The Cost of Economic and Racial Injustice in Postsecondary Education Summary 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...
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The Dollars and Sense of Free College

The Dollars and Sense of Free College Resources The Dollars and Sense of Free College estimates the costs of major free-college models, finding that the annual benefits of a free-college program would exceed the annual costs within a decade. Full Report Executive Summary Press Release
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