Decades of rising college costs have contributed to “renewed” interest among policymakers “in dramatically raising subsidies for higher education,” particularly for community colleges, the report’s authors note.
Increasing access to college could help fill some of the nation’s jobs that require workers who have earned a high school diploma but don’t have a four-year degree. These roles have grown to account for about a quarter of jobs that pay at least $35,000 for younger workers and $45,000 for older workers, according to a 2018 report from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce.
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