Browsing by Author "Fasules, Megan L."

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    African Americans: College Majors and Earnings
    Carnevale, Anthony P.; Fasules, Megan L.; Porter, Andrea; Landis-Santos, Jennifer (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2016)
    This report points out that African Americans only account for 8 percent of general engineering majors, 7 percent of mathematics majors, and 5 percent of computer majors. Law and public policy is the top major group for African Americans with a Bachelor’s degree. The highest concentrated detailed major among African Americans is in health and medical administration. The second lowest-paying major among African American is in human services and community organization with median earnings at $39,000.
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    Born to Win, Schooled to Lose
    Carnevale, Anthony P.; Fasules, Megan L.; Quinn, Michael C.; Peltier Campbell, Kathryn (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2019)
    The American Dream promises that individual talent will be rewarded, regardless of where one comes from or who one’s parents are. Based on this ideal of equal opportunity, it’s tempting to believe that education and career outcomes reflect a natural sorting according to merit. But this presumption risks suggesting that those who do not thrive in school or the workforce lack talent— when, in fact, they more often lack sufficient systemic support on the journey to reach their full potential. In this study, the authors test the idea that achievement is a perfect reflection of innate ability by tracing children’s journeys through and beyond the educational system, from their academic performance in childhood to their early career outcomes as young adults. The authors find that there is substantial churn in children’s demonstrated abilities as they travel through the K–12 system and onward to college and careers. These findings suggest that talent is not fixed: innate ability can be nurtured over time, or it can remain underdeveloped. The education system can play a role in whether children reach their full potential.
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    Latino Education and Economic Progress: Running Faster but Still Behind
    Carnevale, Anthony P.; Fasules, Megan L. (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2017)
    Latinos have a long way to go in achieving educational and economic equality. Latinos are improving their high school completion but still lag Blacks and Whites. As a result, Latinos are also last in postsecondary enrollment. However, the number of Latinos who are enrolling in postsecondary education is growing the fastest compared to Whites. Latinos exceed both Blacks and Whites in completion of postsecondary certificates but have the lowest overall educational attainment. Due to their low educational attainment, Latinos have the lowest earnings. However, Latinos tend to earn more than Blacks if they have attained at least some postsecondary education.
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    Major Matters Most: The Economic Value of Bachelor’s Degrees from The University of Texas System
    Carnevale, Anthony P.; Fasules, Megan L.; Bond Huie, Stephanie; Troutman, David R. (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2017-07-19)
    This report finds that graduates from University of Texas System institutions out earn other bachelor’s degree holders not just in Texas but across the nation, demonstrating that a University of Texas education is a worthwhile investment in the future.
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    Rocky Mountain Divide: Lifting Latinos and Closing Equity Gaps in Colorado
    Carnevale, Anthony P.; Garcia, Tanya I.; Fasules, Megan L. (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2018-08-06)
    Colorado is one of many states that have been underinvesting in educating the children of their least advantaged residents while using job growth to attract well-educated individuals from other states. These policies are economically efficient in that they reap the found value of other states’ educational investment— but they are unfair to state residents. In Colorado, these policies are especially unfair to the Latino population. This report highlights that Latinos aren't going anywhere in the Colorado economy unless they go to college first. This fact has far reaching consequences for the state because of another fact: Latinos are the fastest growing segment of the population in Colorado, and they also tend to be the least educated.