Tag: career path
A Barbie dollhouse and a field trip led me to become...
Lauren Matchison, University of Southern California
As a kid growing up in the suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri, in...
Trump’s big bet on career and technical education
Shaun M. Dougherty, Vanderbilt University
President Donald Trump has proposed one of the largest increases in funding for career and technical education in recent history.
As...
For male students, technical education in high school boosts earnings after...
Shaun M. Dougherty, Vanderbilt University
Job prospects for young men who only have a high school diploma are particularly bleak. They are even worse for...
First-generation college students earn less than graduates whose parents went to...
Anna Manzoni, North Carolina State University and Jessi Streib, Duke University
When discussions take place about first-generation college students, often the focus is on how...
Why double-majors might beat you out of a job
Matthew J. Mayhew, The Ohio State University and Benjamin S. Selznick, James Madison University
Two college majors are better than one. That is the...
How math education can catch up to the 21st century
Mary E. Pilgrim, Colorado State University and Thomas Dick, Oregon State University
In 1939, the fictional professor J. Abner Pediwell published a curious book called...