Recent Posts

A College Degree is Key to Economic Opportunity (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, August 2011)

In a recent report using 2007-2009 American Community survey data, researchers from Georgetown University have replicated a previous Census study on lifetime earnings. They found that individuals with a Bachelor’s degree 84% more over a lifetime than those with only a high school diploma, up from 75% in 1999.

Young Women Make Strides in College Completion, but Men and Minorities Fall Behind (American Council on Education, October 2010)

A new report by the American Council on Education examines educational attainment trends by gender and race/ethnicity. It finds that each generation of young women in the United States continues to reach higher levels of postsecondary attainment. In 2007, women earned 62% of all associate degrees and 57% of bachelor’s degrees.