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After Everything: Projections of Jobs, Education, and Training Requirements through 2031
By 2031, 72 percent of jobs in the US will require postsecondary education and/or training. Between 2021 and 2031, there will be 18.5 …
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The Uncertain Pathway from Youth to a Good Job: How Limits to Educational Affordability, Work-Based Learning, and Career Counseling Impede Progress toward Good Jobs
Over the past several decades, the pathway to a good job has become longer and more challenging for young adults to navigate. Today, …
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Selective Bias: Asian Americans, Test Scores, and Holistic Admissions
Selective Bias: Asian Americans, Test Scores, and Holistic Admissions evaluates the common arguments made by affirmative action critics …
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Mission Not Accomplished: Unequal Opportunities and Outcomes for Black and Latinx Engineers
Engineering occupations are some of the highest-paying and most prestigious in the US labor market, but they are also some of the least …
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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 …
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The Dollars and Sense of Free College
The Dollars and Sense of Free College estimates the costs of major free-college models, finding that the annual benefits of a …
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The Overlooked Value of Certificates and Associate's Degrees: What Students Need to Know Before They Go to College
This report examines the labor-market value of associate’s degrees and certificate programs, finding that field of study especially …
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SAT-Only Admission: How Would It Change College Campuses?
If applicants were admitted to America’s top 200 colleges based on their SAT scores alone, more than half of enrolled students would …
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Born to Win, Schooled to Lose: Why Equally Talented Students Don’t Get Equal Chances to Be All They Can Be
In America, it’s better to be born rich than smart. The most talented disadvantaged children have a lower chance of academic and early …
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Our Separate and Unequal Public Colleges: How Public Colleges Reinforce White Racial Privilege and Marginalize Black and Latino Students
Today’s higher education system is divided into two unequal tracks stratified by race and funding. White students are overrepresented …
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