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The Cost of Economic and Racial Injustice In Postsecondary Education
(Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2021)
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 dollars ...
If Not Now, When? The Urgent Need for an All-One-System Approach to Youth Policy
(Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2021)
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, ...
The Unequal Race for Good Jobs: How Whites Made Outsized Gains in Education and Good Jobs Compared to Blacks and Latinos
(Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2019)
The American job machine has performed well over the past 25 years. Between 1991 and 2016, employment
among White, Black, and Latino workers grew by 20 percent, while employment in good jobs soared by 35
percent. Yet the ...
The Role of Education in Taming Authoritarian Attitudes
(Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2020)
The pressures of global competition, mass migration, and economic instability have produced a backlash in many parts of the world, namely a rise in authoritarian leaders. The Role of Education in Taming Authoritarian ...