college attainment

June 13, 2016

Eight ways to battle the persistent class stratification of higher education

Event Date: The best indicator of whether a person will earn a college degree also appears to be the hardest to change: For nearly half a century, people who come from families in the top quarter of the income strata have made up more than 50 percent of those earning bachelor’s degrees at U.S. universities. That’s according […]

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June 7, 2016

A privileged perspective on higher education?

Event Date: An overwhelming majority of Americans of every demographic group say it is “very important” for adults to have a degree or professional certificate beyond high school — and almost everyone (about 95 percent) say that’s “important” to some extent.  But ask Americans whether it’s important to increase the number of people who have such degrees […]

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