The BA wage premium keeps growing
The chart below makes clear, once again, that those with a four-year degree or more earn the highest wages. And that advantage is growing. Unabated
A better way to help students pay for college
Tuition-free college is having a moment. States across the country are offering tuition-free programs at their community colleges. And last year New York State began
Getting a BA means more work and higher wages
The Bureau of Labor Statistics each year publishes a chart that details the unemployment rate and median weekly earnings by education attainment for those 25
Many Michigan families are getting by–but still financially stressed
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about why middle class life feels increasingly unstable over these last several years—especially in Michigan. Frequent readers of MFI
Preparing for a career not a first job
This is a rerun of a 2013 post. I thought it worth rerunning because it describes well how one puts together a successful forty-year career
How important are standardized test scores to life outcomes?
Last week, the Equality of Opportunity Project, led by Stanford economist Raj Chetty, released another study in their ongoing series on mobility in America. This
