Browsing by Author "Smith, Nicole"

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    Americas' Future Workforce
    Carnevale, Anthony P.; Smith, Nicole (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2013-08-16)
    In this book chapter, the authors examine the increased demand for postsecondary education and training arising from changes in the fast-growing communities of color. This book chapter appears in All-In Nation: An America that Works for All, a collaboration between the Center for American Progress and Policylink, edited by Vanessa Cárdenas and Sarah Treuhaft. August 16, 2013.
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    Balancing Work and Learning: Implications for Low-Income Students
    Carnevale, Anthony P.; Smith, Nicole (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2018-08-27)
    Over the past half century, the relationship between working and learning has changed in profound ways that have made it more difficult for students, especially students from low-income backgrounds, to attain the right mix of work experience and schooling necessary to qualify for entry-level jobs with a future. The report highlights that college and university leaders must weigh the unique challenges low-income working students face and marshal more resources to improve these students’ academic and career outcomes. Additional attention must be focused on building stronger connections between education and work beginning in the K–12 years, improving career counseling and guidance in postsecondary institutions, and improving support services for working learners, with a special emphasis on meeting the needs of low-income students.
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    Learning While Earning: The New Normal
    Carnevale, Anthony P.; Smith, Nicole; Melton, Michelle; Price, Eric W. (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2015-10-01)
    Learning While Earning: The New Normal finds that over the last 25 years, more than 70 percent of college students have been working while enrolled. These 14 million college students face the challenge of balancing work, school and other life priorities. The report explores these working learners and finds that students can’t work their way through college anymore to offset debt. It also identifies several policy changes that stand to help these students succeed.
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    May the Best Woman Win?: Education and Bias against Women in American Politics
    Carnevale, Anthony P.; Smith, Nicole; Peltier Campbell, Kathryn (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2019)
    In this report, the authors explore how sex, age, income, race, and political affiliation might influence opinions regarding women’s suitability to be president. They also explore whether educational attainment levels might lead to broader options for political leadership by reducing bias that could limit the candidate pool.
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    Sharp Declines in Underemployment for College Graduates
    Hanson, Andrew R.; Smith, Nicole (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2015-11-29)
    In this article, the authors discuss the sharp decline of underemployment for college graduates compared to less-educated workers. They also examine the trends by ethnicity.
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    Women Can’t Win: Despite Making Educational Gains and Pursuing High-Wage Majors, Women Still Earn Less than Men
    Carnevale, Anthony P.; Smith, Nicole; Gulish, Artem (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2018)
    The gender wage gap, the disparity in pay between men and women, has narrowed to 81 cents in 2016 from 57 cents on the dollar in 1975. Nevertheless, the gap persists. Over the course of a career, the gender wage gap results in women earning $1 million less than men do. To close this gap, women have relied primarily on the advantages conferred by education. Today, women are enrolling in college in greater numbers than men, breaking through barriers to pursue degrees in male-dominated majors that offer higher earnings, as well as graduating in greater numbers at all levels of education. In the 1970s, the number of associate’s degrees awarded to women began outnumbering those awarded to men. In the 1980s, the number of bachelor’s degrees and master’s degrees awarded to women overtook the number awarded to men. By the 2000s, more women completed doctoral degrees than men. Even though women outperform men in educational attainment, they still earn just 81 cents for every dollar earned by men. Women with the same college majors working in the same careers as men still only earn 92 cents for every dollar earned by men. This report points out a complex set of reasons has kept this wage disparity in place.
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    Women, Jobs and Opportunity in the 21st Century
    Carnevale, Anthony P.; Smith, Nicole (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2014-03-10)
    This book chapter examines women’s education attainment, economic security, and the existing barriers to women’s educational and economic success. This book chapter appears in A Paper Series Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of American Women: Report of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women. March 10, 2014