MSNBC: Closing the ‘Race Gap’ in Education
Young Invincibles’ Research and Policy Manager Tom Allison joins MSNBC’s The Cycle co-host Touré to discuss the recently published Closing the Race Gap report.
Young Invincibles’ Research and Policy Manager Tom Allison joins MSNBC’s The Cycle co-host Touré to discuss the recently published Closing the Race Gap report.
By Ronald Roach “It’s been long documented that African-Americans encounter discrimination more than other Americans in the U.S. job market and experience higher levels of unemployment. Among young Black adults, the tendency toward higher rates of joblessness has remained pronounced...
By Jonnelle Marte “Fifty years ago today, the Civil Rights Act banned discrimination in hiring and education. But for all the opportunities that have been opened to minorities since then, black men still need two more levels of education to have the...
By Courtney Connley “It’s no secret that African Americans have to work twice as hard to be considered equal, and a recent study released by Young Invincibles provides further proof that a racial employment gap still exists.” Read more here.
“Several studies have pointed out the evident racial achievement gap but recent research has revealed a sad truth — an African-American male with an associate degree has the same chances of getting a job as a white male with a...
By Kitty Lan “An African-American millennial on average needs to have an associate’s degree in order to have the same chance of being employed as a white person who only has a high school diploma.” Read more here.
By Danielle Kurtzleben “It’s clear that more education tends to lead to better employment outcomes. Bachelor’s degree holders have a lower unemployment rate than high school graduates, who have a lower unemployment rate than high school dropouts.” Read more here.
By Campus Circle Staff “This might not be news for some, but a recent Young Invincibles study found that in order for African-American students to have the same chance of landing a job as their white peers, they need more years of...
By Abigail Bessler “African-American students need to complete two more levels of education to have the same probability of getting a job as their white peers, a new study by Young Invincibles finds.” Read more here.
An Excerpt by Young Invincibles’ Policy and Research Manager Tom Allison for Huffington Post’s Blog: “For just two more weeks, the Department of Education is seeking public input on a regulation for colleges and universities that promise gainful employment — essentially,...