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    • 15 Million Infrastructure Jobs: An Economic Shot in the Arm to the COVID-19 Recession 

      Carnevale, Anthony P.; Smith, Nicole (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2021)
      A $2 trillion jobs plan (of which $1.5 trillion will go to infrastructure) from the Biden-Harris administration would be good medicine to nurse the economic wounds inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The infrastructure ...

    • African Americans: College Majors and Earnings 

      Carnevale, Anthony P.; Fasules, Megan L.; Porter, Andrea; Landis-Santos, Jennifer (2016-02)
      Earnings vary greatly among college majors. While college access has increased among African Americans, they are overrepresented in majors that lead to low-paying jobs. African Americans: College Majors and Earnings shows ...

    • America’s Divided Recovery: College Haves and Have-Nots 

      Carnevale, Anthony P.; Jayasundera, Tamara; Gulish, Artem (2016-06)
      Over 95 percent of jobs created during the recovery have gone to college-educated workers, while those with a high school diploma or less are being left behind. This report reveals that those with at least some college ...

    • Balancing Work and Learning: Implications for Low-Income Students 

      Carnevale, Anthony P.; Smith, Nicole (2018)
      Over the past half century, the relationship between working and learning has changed in profound ways that have made it more difficult for students, especially students from low income backgrounds, to attain the right mix ...

    • Born to Win, Schooled to Lose 

      Carnevale, Anthony; Fasules, Megan; Quinn, Michael; Peltier Campbell, Kathryn (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2019)
      In this study, we test the idea that demonstrated achievement is a perfect reflection of innate ability by tracing children’s journeys through and beyond the educational system, from their academic performance in ...

    • Buyer Beware 

      Carnevale, Anthony P.; Cheah, Ban; Van Der Werf, Martin; Gulish, Artem (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2020)
      Did you know that in the first year after graduation you can make more money with an associate’s degree in nursing from Santa Rosa Junior College in California than with a graduate degree from some programs at Harvard ...

    • Career and Technical Education: Five Ways That Pay Along the Way to the B.A. 

      Carnevale, Anthony P.; Jayasundara, Tamara; Hanson, Andrew R. (2012-09)
      Getting a Bachelor's degree is the best way for most workers to make middle-class wages. In this report, however, we show there are 29 million jobs (21% of all jobs) for workers without Bachelor's degrees. The report also ...

    • Career clusters: Forecasting Demand for High School through College Jobs, 2008-2018 

      Carnevale, Anthony P.; Smith, Nicole; Stone, James R., III; Kotamraju, Pradeep; Steuernagel, Bruce; Green, Kimberly A. (2011-11)
      The best pathway to the middle class is through a postsecondary education, but not everyone goes directly from high school to college. Are those who enter the workforce directly from high school doomed to work minimum wage ...

    • Career Pathways: Five Ways to Connect College and Careers 

      Carnevale, Anthony P.; Garcia, Tanya I.; Gulish, Artem (2017-07)
      Career Pathways: Five Ways to Connect College and Careers, calls for states to help students, their families, and employers unpack the meaning of postsecondary credentials and assess their value in the labor market.

    • Certificates in Oregon: A Model for Workers to Jump-Stop or Reboot Careers 

      Carnevale, Anthony P.; Ridley, Neil; Fasules, Megan L. (2018)
      Across the country, individuals are turning to post-secondary certificates as an accessible, low-cost route to economic opportunity. Certificates, which typically recognize completion of a program of study between high ...

    • Certificates: Gateway to Gainful Employment and College Degrees 

      Carnevale, Anthony P.; Rose, Stephen J.; Hanson, Andrew R. (2012-06)
      Certificates have swelled to become the second most common postsecondary award in the U.S.: Over 1 million are awarded each year. In the context of concerns about rising college costs and student loan debt, certificates, ...

    • The College Advantage: Weathering the Economic Storm 

      Carnevale, Anthony P.; Jayasundara, Tamara; Cheah, Ban (2012-08)
      Many of the stories you've heard about the Great Recession often involve the plight of college graduates, or stories about how men and women have fared differently in the recession and recovery. The media have even created ...

    • College Is Just The Beginning: Employes' Role in the $1.1 Trillion Postsecondary Education and Training System 

      Carnevale, Anthony P.; Strohl, Jeff; Gulish, Artem (2015-02)
      College Is Just the Beginning: Employer’s Role in the $1.1 Trillion Postsecondary Education and Training System analyzes how much employers spend on training, what they spend their training dollars on, and how spending on ...

    • The College Payoff More Education Doesn’t Always Mean More Earnings 

      Cheah, Ban; Carnevale, Anthony P.; Wenzinger, Emma (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2021)
      The College Payoff: More Education Doesn’t Always Mean More Earnings explores how lifetime earnings vary by education level, field of study, occupation, industry, gender, race and ethnicity, and location. The lifetime ...

    • The College Payoff: Education, Occupations, Lifetime earnings 

      Carnevale, Anthony P.; Rose, Stephen J.; Cheah, Ban (2011-08)
      A college degree pays off--but by just how much? In this report, we examine just what a college degree is worth--and what else besides a degree might influence an individual's potential earnings. This report examines ...

    • The Cost of Economic and Racial Injustice In Postsecondary Education 

      Carnevale, Anthony P.; Peltier Campbell, Kathryn; Cheah, Ban; Fasules, Megan L.; Gulish, Artem; Quinn, Michael C.; Sablan, Jenna R.; Smith, Nicole; Strohl, Jeff; Barrese, Sarah (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 ...

    • A Decade Behind: Breaking Out of the Low-Skill Trap in the Southern Economy 

      Carnevale, Anthony P.; Smith, Nicole (2012-07)
      The South is caught in a low-skill/low-wage trap. But which came first: low skills or a low wage economy? The South's current predicament is reminiscent of the old adage about the "chicken or the egg." So, which came first, ...

    • The Dollars and Sense of Free College 

      Carnevale, Anthony P.; Sablan, Jenna R.; Gulish, Artem; Quinn, Michael C.; Cinquegrani, Gayle (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2020)
      The Dollars and Sense of Free College measures the costs of three major free-college models as well as the cost of a plan put forth by 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, which shows the likely costs in the ...

    • Failure to Launch: Structural Shift and the New Lost Generation 

      Carnevale, Anthony P.; Hanson, Andrew R.; Gulish, Artem (2013-09)
      Failure to Launch includes an analysis of labor force participation, employment, and earnings for young adults in their 20s and older adults in their 50s, 60s, and 70s between 1980 and 2012.

    • A First Try at ROI: Ranking 4,500 Colleges 

      Carnevale, Anthony P.; Cheah, Ban; Van Der Werf, Martin (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2019)
      As college costs and student loan debt continue to rise precipitously, more people are wondering if college is worth it. Based on earnings alone, yes, it is. On average, workers with a bachelor’s degree make 80 percent more ...