The “paper ceiling” is blocking upward mobility for half the workforce, argues the nonprofit ,Opportunity@Work. Those who “gained their skills through alternative routes such as apprenticeships, military service, trade schools, certificate programs and on-the-job training rather than acquiring bachelor’s degrees” represent “a deep pool of underutilized and undercompensated talent,” writes the Times.
College enrollment, which fell sharply during the pandemic, declined this fall, but only slightly, according to a new report by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The most popular majors are business and marketing, health professions, liberal arts and sciences, biological sciences and engineering.
If more young people believe they can compete for decent jobs without paying for a four-year degree, expect enrollment to continue to fall — and tuition as well.
[Exactly. Jill Lawrence wrote about this earlier, but this is why I think Josh Shapiro’s experiment in Pennsylvania will be rare among Democrat governors. There is too strong a feedback loop and mutual-interest link between Academia and Democrats. — Ed]
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