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Carnevale, Anthony P.; Campbell, Kathryn Peltier; Cheah, Ban; Fasules, Megan L.; Gulish, Artem; Quinn, Michael C.; Sablan, Jenna R.; Smith, Nicole; Strohl, Jeff; Barrese, Sarah – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2021
In partnership with the Postsecondary Value Commission, we conducted a thought experiment on the costs of inequality in the US education system. Our simulation found that the US economy misses out on $956 billion dollars per year, along with numerous nonmonetary benefits, as a result of postsecondary attainment gaps by economic status and…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Social Bias, Socioeconomic Status, Educational Attainment
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Campbell, Kathryn Peltier; Cheah, Ban; Fasules, Megan L.; Gulish, Artem; Quinn, Michael C.; Sablan, Jenna R.; Smith, Nicole; Strohl, Jeff; Barrese, Sarah – Postsecondary Value Commission, 2021
In this report, we present the results of a thought experiment in which we estimated the potential costs and benefits to society of achieving equality in educational attainment and related workforce outcomes by race/ethnicity, class, and gender. We conducted this thought experiment to clarify the role that education can play in reducing…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Equal Education, Educational Attainment, Ethnicity
Krajcer, Menachem; Johnson, Tammy – Applied Research Center, 2006
This Legislative Report Card assesses how California's governor and Legislature have handled bills it says affected racial inequities--or might have if they had been signed into law. The report examines an eclectic collection of bills that addressed the minimum wage, the creation of a single-payer health care system and other issues in education,…
Descriptors: Race, Legislators, Minimum Wage, Limited English Speaking