A survey released earlier this month about the value of a college education is getting a lot of attention for some of the wrong reasons.…
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A new report commissioned by legislators in Colorado examines the immediate and long-term values of a post-secondary education. Overall, those who earn a bachelor’s degree…
A new report released this week from the Project on Workforce and researchers at Harvard University identifies conditions that limit economic advancement for disadvantaged groups.…
The Tennessee Promise scholarship program will be 10 years old in 2024. This scholarship program guarantees tuition for high school students who enroll in one…
A bill in the US House of Representatives would expand Pell Grants to short-term, workforce development grants. The legislation provides for a $160M expansion of…
Last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the November jobs report. In a surprise move, the economy added another 200,000 jobs and unemployment fell…
If you grew up sometime between the 1960’s and the 2000’s, you undoubtedly heard the college sales pitch. If you went to college, your lifetime…
In recent years, real wages among workers have grown. Not by much – 3% since 2019, but given that wage growth was either stagnant or…
In response to a growing shortage of workers, some employers (including the State of Michigan) have revamped their education requirements for certain positions. In some…
The latest report by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center shows that less than 32.7% of students who enrolled at public community colleges in 2017…