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OPINION: Training programs are welcome, but let’s not overlook the benefits of a bachelor’s degree

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Our research has consistently shown the substantial payoff of a bachelor’s degree in the labor market. By 2031, we estimate that 43 percent of all jobs and 66 percent of good jobs will demand a bachelor’s degree or higher. Earlier this year, Maryland dropped the degree requirement for thousands of state government jobs.

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With new “talent visas,” other countries lure workers trained at U.S. universities

The Hechinger Report

university bachelor’s degree recipients and 23 percent who get master’s degrees manage to stay and work in the United States , according to researchers at the University of California, Davis, and elsewhere. last year was a record more than 600,000 , despite the Conservative government’s promise to reduce the annual flow to below 100,000.

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COLUMN: Conservatives are embracing new alternative school models. Will the public?

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The event often felt like a pep rally for options beyond traditional school districts, where enrollment fell in the pandemic and is expected to drop another five percent by 2031. We cannot give up on public education even though some government leaders have.” It’s not a movement,” he said.

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