In my last post I analyzed an important data set recently released by economist Raj Chetty and colleagues, that measures every college’s contribution to economic mobility in America. I looked at the percentage of the poorest students in each cohort…
I’m generally not a fan of measuring a college’s value by the incomes of their graduates. If a high proportion of a school’s alumni enter a lower-paid field like social work, I don’t think this should count against the college.…
Important and surprising New York Times article entitled "Transportation Emerges as Crucial to Escaping Poverty". Reporting on research at Harvard the Times reports: In a large, continuing study of upward mobility based at Harvard, commuting time has emerged as the…
Great You Tube video from Richard Reeves of the Brookings Institution entitled: "Is America Dreaming?: Understanding Social Mobility" Highly recommended! Using legos and in less than four minutes he lays out the basic realities that America is moving farther and…