In this The Atlantic article, Emily Deruy mentions that black students are far more likely to pursue low-paying rather than high-paying college majors.
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In this Yahoo News article, Liz Dwyer writes about black students' college majors and earnings.
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In this PBS News article, Kenya Downs mentions that African-American college students are more likely to pursue majors that lead to low-paying jobs.
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In this US News article, Natalie Escobar says African Americans have more access to a college education than ever, but they are underrepresented in major fields like STEM that are correlated with higher earnings.
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In this NBC News article, Maya Chung writes about how while there has been an increase in college access among African Americans, they are still highly concentrated in low-paying majors.
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In this Fortune article, Michal Addady says that a college degree is a more lucrative investment for a white man than women or minorities.
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This Inside Higher ED article discusses how black students enroll disproportionately in majors that are not the most lucrative.
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In this Bloomberg Business article, Sarah Grant writes about how colleges should work harder to emphasize the earning power of certain degrees over others.
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In this The Atlantic article, Mikhail Zinshteyn says that half a million new jobs over the next decade will require computer-science know-how.
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In this Market Watch article, Jillian Berman writes about how it's been tough for college graduates to find jobs since the Great Recession and recovery, but now it appears things may be looking up for this group as the economy recovers.
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