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Congrats to @emzgallaher for this award! twitter.com/occrl/status/1…
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Lauren Eyster
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researcher on workforce development & community college issues, forever student, Terps fan
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NEW PAPER ALERT: What if instead of ranking schools by institutional prestige and selectivity, we placed value on those that lifted up the most students and left them better off?
Harvard, 👉#4, moves to #847.
Yale, 👉#5, moves to #495.
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Exactly. Men are opting out of college at higher rates than women, BUT that is due in part to the fact that there are still good-paying jobs in male-dominated occupations that don't require college. That's not true for women - and that's a problem. nytimes.com/2021/09/09/ups #wkdev
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The issues facing women in returning to work after COVID are so complex. This article does a good job of outlining them…
Great commentary from 8 Lessons to Break the Poverty Cycle in Communities route-fifty.com/health-human-s via
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This may have been the most difficult and rewarding essay I've ever written. I'm eternally grateful to my co-author and the many colleagues who provided thoughtful comments and suggestions.
Rethinking Economics in the Black Lives Matter Era urban.org/research/publi
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. and make a superb choice in naming for Director. A careful, rigorous statistician and scholar and a man of integrity, humility, passion, and purpose - just what we need in this critical role.
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Urban's @_Rob_Santos to be nominated for Director of the U.S. Census Bureau: urbn.is/2QjD9Dp
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I’m typically more interested in social policy design and implementation but sometimes the political process is just as interesting.
I can't help it but I love these corny commercials. "No cussin', no fussin', and no backtalkin'"
"Growing community colleges matters not only for the economy, experts say, but also for the causes of racial and social justice."
First tweet in thread: , along with five of our partners, have launched the CTE CoLab Coalition – a co-learning and co-creating laboratory that aims to address inequities in education outcomes for students of color in online CTE programs. #ECMCFchat
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It’s great that Morehouse College is supporting college completion for Black men but it’s still charging $600/credit. Some have student and other debt or have exhausted Pell, which could make this cost prohibitive.
Missed this yesterday from the Clearinghouse -- big drops last spring in awarding of first-time associate degrees (6.7%) and certificates (20%): nscresearchcenter.org/undergraduate-
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More info is available about which college majors pay off, but students aren’t using it
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This hammers home the juggling act student parents do: "It's not just double duty, it's triple duty": Student-parents prepare to juggle college, work and childcare this fall
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We’re hiring an ED for WorkRise, a new research-to-action network on jobs, workers, and economic mobility. Racial equity will be a key focus of the work. If you’re interested or know someone who might be, email: andrew@searchls.com. ow.ly/GAXJ50AKnD9
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"The vital role of human assistance, delivered in person or online, by a mentor or coach is a common thread in skills-building success stories. Another essential element is employers being engaged as participants in worker training." nytimes.com/2020/07/13/bus
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Nice editorial piece from Sara Heller and using research on summer jobs for youth. And great to hear that Chicago and Boston are leading the way . Hopefully it helps NYC go forward this summer.
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I wrote a thing about what Juneteenth means for this particular moment in time.
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.@KregSteven: "We cannot fully appreciate the significance of Juneteenth without acknowledging the enduring racial inequalities still apparent in today’s time of crisis."urbn.is/3efw79W
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ETR 6/15/20: A group of economists known for declaring
recessions in the United States set its marker, determining that February was the end to a national economic expansion.
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The pandemic has worsened equity gaps in higher education and work
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Thoughtful perspective from and on merit-based aid and why the financial pressures of higher ed can hinder efforts to ensure diversity and inclusion.
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A new blog with my colleague Demetra Nightingale on Wagner-Peyser/Employment Service and lessons from the Great Recession to help congress get Americans back to work: urbn.is/2XMG6O3 via
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From my colleague who did this important work on student parents for her now completed dissertation. Congratulations!
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#HigherEd should support #studentparents because education is not just an individual experience. It is a family experience. Parents affect kids & vice versa. Society can be better when we focus on helping families advance & our institutions benefit. #2gen #StudentParentChat
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The official statistics don’t do the current employment crisis justice. Glad some Fed folks are thinking about how to measure it to encompass all the ways employment has been affected.
We saw enrollment ⬆️ in the Great Recession. Smart use of technology is part of the equation but hands-on learning components will have to be revamped to protect students & instructors. "Community colleges could see a surge in popularity amid Covid-19"
Devos has rolled back oversight of for-profit colleges - how will this all play out in this economic crisis?
New recession sets stage for abuses by for-profits, critics fear
After the jobs crisis, there will be a housing crisis, and we need to do a lot more to prepare for it.
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The current pandemic is exposing deep housing insecurity among low-wage workers. $1200/adult doesn't even cover rent for many families, let alone food. My colleague @MarthaHRoss & I argue that the federal govt should give more cash directly to households. brook.gs/3a9GI36
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From my Urban colleagues - so important to be thinking about this now. How Policymakers Can Plan Now for a Jobs Recovery Program: urbn.is/349sM7S via
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Please google "food desert" before you dump on the South for that COVID-19/travel graphic: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_dese
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This is staggering- and heartbreaking.... Over 10 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits in March as economy collapsed washingtonpost.com/business/2020/
Didn't make a chart, but been asked...
Race & Remote Work --
29.9 percent of whites can work from home
19.7 percent of African Americans can
37 percent of Asians can
Ethnicity & Remote Work --
16.2 percent - Hispanic
31.4 percent - non Hispanic
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I am loving how Italians deal with coronavirus - Music🎶 is the answer!
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Putting on my volunteer hat (board member of ) to share how one DC organization helps young people address mental health issues: The Latin American Youth Center
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Great article highlighting the challenges Latinos face in completing college...
usatoday.com/in-depth/news/ via
