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Furchtgott-Roth, Diana; Jacobson, Louis; Mokher, Christine G. – Economic Mobility Project, 2009
Past research from Pew's Economic Mobility Project (EMP) has shown that a college degree quadruples the chances that an individual born into the bottom income quintile will reach the top quintile in adulthood. For community colleges in particular, the project has shown that getting a community college degree increases earnings by an average of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Income, Outcomes of Education, Higher Education