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- Achieving Racial and Economic Diversity with Race-Blind Admissions PolicyCarnevale, Anthony P.; Strohl, Jeff; Rose, Stephen J. (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2014)The authors take a groundbreaking look at how socioeconomic affirmative action programs, percentage plans, or a combination of the two, could work at the nation’s most selective 193 institutions. This book chapter appears in The Future of Affirmative Action: New Paths to Higher Education Diversity after Fisher v. University of Texas authored by Richard D. Kahlenberg.
- Americas' Future WorkforceCarnevale, 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.
- The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of ImmigrationBlau, Francine D.; Mackie, Christopher (National Academy of Sciences, 2017)This chapter examines the state and local government fiscal effects of immigration for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia for the three-year period 2011-2013. The authors focus on the individual as the unit of analysis—more specifically, the independent individual. The panel’s analysis here attributes the fiscal costs of (and taxes received from) dependents to their parents. This independent-person concept best acknowledges that the fiscal costs or benefits of children are due to the decisions of their parents, independent of the children’s own immigrant status.
- Higher Education for Development An Evaluation of the World Bank Group’s SupportWorld Bank Team (World Bank Group, 2017)Higher Education fulfills multiple roles that go beyond educating students. Specialists often identify three distinct but interrelated missions: (i) teaching and learning; (ii) research; and (iii) community engagement. In this context, this chapter describes how governments need to explore (i) the growing demand for higher education; (ii) the role of access, including equity; (iii) the quality and relevance of teaching and its implications for employability; (iv) the role of research and development in higher education; and (v) the role of systems reform within higher education.
- How Increasing College Access Is Increasing Inequality, and What to Do About ItCarnevale, Anthony P.; Strohl, Jeff (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2010-06-03)The authors share their research on a coherent and concrete way for colleges and universities to provide a leg up to economically disadvantaged students in the selective college admissions. This research was referenced in the affirmative action Supreme Court Case Fisher vs. University of Texas in two amicus briefs: Fisher I: Brief of the American Association for Affirmative Action as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondent and Fisher II: Brief of Richard D. Kahlenberg as Amicus Curiae in Support of Neither Party. This book chapter appears in Rewarding Strivers edited by Richard D. Kahlenberg.
- Learn and Earn: Connecting Education to Careers in the 21st CenturyCarnevale, Anthony P.; Hanson, Andrew R. (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2015-12-01)In this book chapter the authors take a look at the link connecting degree attainment with careers and skills needed in the 21st century.
- Socioeconomic Status, Race/Ethnicity, and Selective College AdmissionsCarnevale, Anthony P.; Rose, Stephen J. (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2004)This book chapter concludes that race-sensitive affirmative action policies should be retained and expanded to include low-income students. This research was referenced in the affirmative action Supreme Court Case Fisher vs. University of Texas in two amicus briefs: Fisher I: Brief of the American Association for Affirmative Action as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondent and Fisher II: Brief of Richard D. Kahlenberg as Amicus Curiae in Support of Neither Party. This book chapter appears in The Century Foundation’s America’s Untapped Resource: Low-Income Students in Higher Education, edited by Richard D. Kahlenberg.
- Two Key Actions to Align Postsecondary Education with the Labor MarketCarnevale, Anthony P. (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2012-04-12)This book chapter details two ideas that would connect college programs with career pathways: aligning curriculum to promote the development of skills with labor market value and connecting transcript data from colleges with wage records to determine the economic value of college programs. This book chapter, commissioned by the IBM Center for the Business of Government, appears in Governing to Win: Enhancing National Competitiveness Through New Policy and Operating Approaches edited by Charles L. Prow.
- Women, Jobs and Opportunity in the 21st CenturyCarnevale, 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