"In 2008, median earnings of workers with bachelor’s degrees were 65 percent higher than those of high school graduates ($55,700 vs. $33,800). Similarly, workers with associate’s degrees earned 73 percent more than those who had not completed high school ($42,000 vs. $24,300)." – Pathways to Prosperity, Harvard Graduate School of Education
National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
This report,Affordability and Transfer: Critical to Increasing Baccalaureate Degree Completion, focuses on the importance of increasing baccalaureate degree completion through college affordability and transfer from community colleges to four-year institutions. The alert highlights the vital role of community colleges as the entry point for many students seeking a bachelor's degree.
In addition to editing this report and providing policy guidance, CommunicationWorks released this report, and drew significant coverage in The New York Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, The Virginian-Pilot and the San Jose Mercury News, among other publications.
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National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education (NCPPHE)
The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education promotes public policies that enhance Americans' opportunities to pursue and achieve a quality higher education. Established in 1998 by a consortium of national foundations, the National Center is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization based in San Jose, California. It is not associated with any institution of higher education, with any political party, or with any government agency.
