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Making College Worth It: Inequalities In Higher Education And How To Solve Them, Katharine Meyer
Making College Worth It: Inequalities In Higher Education And How To Solve Them, Katharine Meyer
Brookings Scholar Lecture Series
Most students who graduate from college go on to earn higher wages, have more employment stability, and enjoy better health. While posted tuitions are high, a “high price, high aid” approach to college pricing means that the average cost of college has actually declined in recent years. Yet, public confidence in higher education is at an all-time low. What explains this tension? Who gains from going to college and who does not? What can colleges do to change perceptions about the value of a college education? This lecture by Brookings Institution scholar Katharine Meyer highlights trends in college enrollment and …
Economic Mobility Index Of Public R1 Universities In The Mountain West, Peter Grema, Saha Salahi, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown Jr.
Economic Mobility Index Of Public R1 Universities In The Mountain West, Peter Grema, Saha Salahi, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown Jr.
Higher Education
This fact sheet presents data on public R1 higher education institutions in the Mountain West from the “Economic Mobility Index,” crafted by higher education researchers at the think tank, Third Way. We summarize the rankings of eleven Mountain West R1 institutions in Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah.
The Effects Of Higher Education On Socioeconomic Mobility: A Comparative Analysis Of Outcomes At Bucknell University, Katrien Weemaes
The Effects Of Higher Education On Socioeconomic Mobility: A Comparative Analysis Of Outcomes At Bucknell University, Katrien Weemaes
Honors Theses
Income inequality and the lack of higher-education opportunities across the United States often correlate with families' socioeconomic status. In this honors thesis, the following questions will be examined: How does the social mobility of Bucknell Students compare with students from other national universities? How do a student’s race and financial aid status affect their ability to achieve social mobility? How has the rate of social mobility through Bucknell changed in recent years? How does a student’s current family socioeconomic status affect their ability to achieve high-income success upon graduation? Does the level of accessibility to Bucknell change when socioeconomic status …
Higher Education & Economic Mobility In Nevada, Ember Smith, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown Jr.
Higher Education & Economic Mobility In Nevada, Ember Smith, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown Jr.
Higher Education
Using methods from both the Opportunity Insights Project and the Brookings Opportunity Engines Project, this fact sheet examines Nevada’s public higher education system and attempts to measure the success of these institutions in creating economic mobility opportunities for lower- and middle-income students. Only colleges with over 200 students from each of the 1980-1982 birth cohorts are included in the Brookings Opportunity Engine’s analysis. This fact sheet follows suit and focuses on only those in Nevada: University of Nevada, Reno (UNR); University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV); Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC); College of Southern Nevada (CSN); and Western Nevada College …
"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 28, Philip A. Trostel
"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 28, Philip A. Trostel
'It's Not Just the Money' Data Sets
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"It's Not Just The Money" Figures 26-27, Philip A. Trostel
"It's Not Just The Money" Figures 26-27, Philip A. Trostel
'It's Not Just the Money' Data Sets
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"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 19, Philip A. Trostel
"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 19, Philip A. Trostel
'It's Not Just the Money' Data Sets
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"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 18, Philip A. Trostel
"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 18, Philip A. Trostel
'It's Not Just the Money' Data Sets
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"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 20, Philip A. Trostel
"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 20, Philip A. Trostel
'It's Not Just the Money' Data Sets
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"It's Not Just The Money" Figures 34-35, Philip A. Trostel
"It's Not Just The Money" Figures 34-35, Philip A. Trostel
'It's Not Just the Money' Data Sets
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"It's Not Just The Money" Figures 22-24, Philip A. Trostel
"It's Not Just The Money" Figures 22-24, Philip A. Trostel
'It's Not Just the Money' Data Sets
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"It's Not Just The Money" Figures 12-17, Philip A. Trostel
"It's Not Just The Money" Figures 12-17, Philip A. Trostel
'It's Not Just the Money' Data Sets
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"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 30, Philip A. Trostel
"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 30, Philip A. Trostel
'It's Not Just the Money' Data Sets
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"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 25, Philip A. Trostel
"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 25, Philip A. Trostel
'It's Not Just the Money' Data Sets
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"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 31, Philip A. Trostel
"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 31, Philip A. Trostel
'It's Not Just the Money' Data Sets
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"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 29, Philip A. Trostel
"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 29, Philip A. Trostel
'It's Not Just the Money' Data Sets
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"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 11, Philip A. Trostel
"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 11, Philip A. Trostel
'It's Not Just the Money' Data Sets
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"It's Not Just The Money" Figures 36-39, Philip A. Trostel
"It's Not Just The Money" Figures 36-39, Philip A. Trostel
'It's Not Just the Money' Data Sets
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"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 40, Philip A. Trostel
"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 40, Philip A. Trostel
'It's Not Just the Money' Data Sets
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Higher Education And Income Distribution In A Less Developed Country, Gary S. Fields
Higher Education And Income Distribution In A Less Developed Country, Gary S. Fields
Gary S Fields
[Excerpt] The primary purpose of this paper is to empirically test among both the intra- and the inter-generational version of these three hypotheses for higher (i.e. post-secondary) levels of education for one less developed country, Kenya. A secondary purpose is to investigate other economic aspects of spending on higher education, most notably the question of horizontal equity in school finance. Before proceeding, a methodological point is in order. There is no consensus in the public economics literature on what is a suitable criterion for assessing the equitability of a fiscal programme. At least three criteria may be distinguished (the terminology …
Private Returns And Social Equity In The Financing Of Higher Education, Gary S. Fields
Private Returns And Social Equity In The Financing Of Higher Education, Gary S. Fields
Gary S Fields
[Excerpt] A widespread phenomenon in developing countries has been the rapid growth of schools and institutions of higher learning resulting in a so-called ‘education explosion’. One possible explanation for the education explosion is that education is a profitable personal investment, as evidenced by high private rates of return. The high private returns are translated into demands on politicians for additional schooling spaces. To gain or maintain public favour, each politician uses his influence to try to increase the number of schools in his constituency. By this chain of events, growth of educational systems might be anticipated as long as private …
Evidence About The Potential Role For Affirmative Action In Higher Education, Braz Camargo, Ralph Stinebrickner, Todd Stinebrickner
Evidence About The Potential Role For Affirmative Action In Higher Education, Braz Camargo, Ralph Stinebrickner, Todd Stinebrickner
University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Discussion Paper Series
In two recent cases involving the University of Michigan, the Supreme Court examined whether race should be allowed to play an explicit role in the admission decisions of schools. The primary argument in these court cases and others has been that racial diversity strengthens the quality of education offered to all students. Underlying this argument is the notion that educational benefits arise if interactions between students of different races improve preparation for life after college by, among other things, fostering mutual understanding and correcting misperceptions. Then, a fundamental condition necessary for the primary legal argument to be compelling is that …