Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
With higher education costs rising since the turn of the century, some question whether a college degree has the value it once did. In a recent Gallup poll, only 36% of adults expressed confidence in higher education. However, a quick look over the data confirms there is still great value in higher education.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 23, 2025
The United States must produce an additional 712,000 certificates and associate's degrees annually through 2032 to address critical shortages in credentials that lead to high-paying middle-skills jobs, according to new research from Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
Missed Opportunities” compares the number of credentials currently being produced with the number of job openings projected to exist in 2032. Median annual earnings could reach around $80,000 by mid-career. CEW has an online tool to assist regional planners and middle-skills providers in crafting solutions to the anticipated shortage.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 8, 2023
But CCC has committed to reaching a 55% completion rate for all by fiscal year 2032. The seven community colleges in the CCC system currently have a 30% completion rate for Black students and 33% completion rate for Latinx students.
EAB
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
Blogs Reduce long-term cost growth to rightsize your university Higher ed's budget woes are becoming harder to ignore. At the same time, 28 states continued to fund higher education at lower levels than before the pandemic, and the average tuition discount rate at private colleges reached an all-time high of 56.2%
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