Graduate Degrees: Risky and Unequal Paths to the Top. Executive Summary
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| Title: | Graduate Degrees: Risky and Unequal Paths to the Top. Executive Summary |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Artem Gulish, Catherine Morris, Ban Cheah, Jeff Strohl, Georgetown University, Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) |
| Source: | Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. 2024. |
| Availability: | Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. 3300 Whitehaven Street NW Suite 5000 Box 571444, Washington, DC 20057. Tel: 202-687-4922; Fax: 202-687-3110; e-mail: cewgeorgetown@georgetown.edu; Web site: http://cew.georgetown.edu |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 16 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Graduate Study, Graduate Students, Cost Effectiveness, Risk Assessment, Student Financial Aid, Need Analysis (Student Financial Aid), Paying for College, Promotion (Occupational), Compensation (Remuneration), Educational Benefits, Education Work Relationship, Educational Status Comparison |
| Abstract: | This is the executive summary for the report, "Graduate Degrees: Risky and Unequal Paths to the Top" which proposes new measures to improve accountability and transparency in graduate education through a regulatory framework for Grad PLUS loan eligibility that includes both an in-field earnings premium test and a debt-to-earnings test. The report also examines median earnings, costs, and debt across different types of graduate degrees in different fields of study, along with equity gaps in graduate degree attainment and earnings outcomes by race/ethnicity and gender. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | ED661833 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This is the executive summary for the report, "Graduate Degrees: Risky and Unequal Paths to the Top" which proposes new measures to improve accountability and transparency in graduate education through a regulatory framework for Grad PLUS loan eligibility that includes both an in-field earnings premium test and a debt-to-earnings test. The report also examines median earnings, costs, and debt across different types of graduate degrees in different fields of study, along with equity gaps in graduate degree attainment and earnings outcomes by race/ethnicity and gender. |
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