Browsing by Author "Klor de Alva, Jorge"
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- Is the University Next Door the Way to Upward Mobility?Klor de Alva, Jorge (American Enterprise Institute, 2019-04-04)Most of the nation’s bachelor’s students attend what are often called “comprehensive universities,” public institutions that primarily enroll students who live near the school and educate their students chiefly for jobs in the local economy. Relatively little research focuses on these institutions as a group, and therefore not much is known about these campuses, especially regarding their role in promoting social mobility. This report investigates factors that might explain variation in mobility rates. It finds that the factor most closely associated with higher mobility rates is college graduation. The report concludes with a discussion of several ideas to potentially increase graduation rates at comprehensive universities.
- The Master’s as the New Bachelor’s Degree: In Search of the Labor Market PayoffSchneider, Mark E.; Klor de Alva, Jorge (American Enterprise Institute, 2018-01-08)American universities awarded roughly 760,000 master’s degrees during the 2014–15 academic year, yet we know little about the payoff associated with these degrees, especially by field of study. Using new data from three states, the authors show that field of study is closely related to post-graduation earnings from master’s degrees. Master’s graduates in fields such as philosophy, art, and early childhood education have the lowest median earnings—often less than graduates with bachelor’s or even associate degrees.