Charting College and Career Payoffs

December 28, 2020

Many current and prospective college students reportedly aren’t taking advantage of information about which schools and majors offer the best prospects for return on their educational investments. Perhaps this isn’t surprising. In Issues, two experts on workforce education argue that the nation’s labor market information system is broken. They call for a national online “jobs navigation system” to help students—and displaced workers—identify skills needed by industry and how to obtain them, and to alert employers to newly trained workers who fit their needs.