How Much Protection Does a College Degree Afford?
Although prior research has shown the significant benefits of a college degree for upward economic mobility, some members of the media have questioned the persistence of these benefits for recent...
View ArticleWork-Life Earnings by Field of Degree and Occupation for People with a...
The United States Census Bureau has recently issued a brief concerning the relationships between individuals’ educational attainment, occupation, and work-life earnings (the amount earned over the...
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Student Loan Debt May Put Young Adults in Financially Precarious Standing
Student loan debt has been in the news a lot these days. In the last week, a number of news outlets wrote about mounting student loan debt and the delaying of life events by their borrowers (see ABC...
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Why Act When You Can Ask For A(nother) Study? House Kicks the Can On Better...
For more on this issue, check out this post from Clare McCann on our sister blog, Ed Money Watch.For those who care about increased higher education transparency, the last few days have been a trip...
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Is $1 trillion a number we should fear?
The most popular number in higher education today is $1 trillion—the total amount of outstanding student loan debt, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. It’s big and scary; the size of...
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Still think that college degree doesn't matter?
The monthly unemployment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is out today and the findings are largely unsurprising--the unemployment rate is largely unchanged and those with increasing levels of...
View ArticleWould Fraudulent Beauty Schools Still Have Been Committing Fraud if They Were...
The New York Times has a story up today about students who attended cosmetology schools in New York City nearly two decades ago and are still stuck with significant debts even after the institutions...
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Syllabus: Week of August 5, 2013
Welcome to the Syllabus, a guide that provides insight into what’s happening in higher education. Read: Students With Credentials Fare Better as Transfers From Community CollegesKatherine Mangan, The...
View ArticleRecovery: Job Growth and Education Requirements Through 2020
A recent report from the Georgetown University Center for Education and the Workforce predicts the state of the U.S. economy in the year 2020, including the fields expected to create the most jobs, the...
View ArticleHigher Education Pays: But a Lot More for Some Graduates Than for Others
A new report from College Measures, an organization that publishes state-level college performance data (e.g., completion and employment rates), shows first-year earnings of recent college and master’s...
View ArticleEducation Pays 2013: The Benefits of Higher Education for Individuals and...
A recent report from The College Board provides analysis on differences in earnings and employment rates of U.S. adults with various levels of education. The report also examines the disparities across...
View ArticleTime for the U.S. to Reskill? What the Survey of Adult Skills Says
According to a recent report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), it is more common to find adults with low levels of basic literacy and numeracy skills in the United...
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