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Carnevale, Anthony P.; Cheah, Ban; Van Der Werf, Martin – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2022
College typically pays off for low-income students, but not as much as it does for their peers. Low-income students, whose families earn $30,000 or less per year, comprise more than one-third of college students. "The Colleges Where Low-Income Students Get the Highest ROI" finds that low-income students have a lower return on investment…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Cost Effectiveness, Income, Public Colleges
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Fasules, Megan L.; Huie, Stephanie A. Bond; Troutman, David R. – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2017
A college education is widely recognized as a gateway to economic opportunity and intergenerational mobility in the United States. Children from households with highly educated parents are three times more likely to get a Bachelor's degree than children from households in which the parents did not attend college. Today, at least some postsecondary…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Education Work Relationship, College Graduates, Intellectual Disciplines
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Smith, Nicole – Association of Community College Trustees, 2017
Researchers from the Georgetown University Center on Education and Workforce, Anthony Carnevale and Nicole Smith, examine the challenges working students face and the impacts of these challenges on completion and debt. Working and paying tuition and fees "as you go" is no longer an option for the majority of America's college students;…
Descriptors: College Students, Low Income Students, Student Employment, Barriers