Early Results Show Millennials and Gen Z are More Egalitarian, Fatalistic than Older Generations For years, researchers have documented how Millennials (born between 1981 and 1996) and Gen Z (born
Younger generations worldwide are facing new and unprecedented risks. And while it’s become commonplace for critics to point the finger back at them, blaming younger generations for their own problems
A review of the research evidence, California’s historical context, and predicted turnout rates for 17-year-olds Executive Summary For over 50 years, the minimum voting age in the U.S. has been 18
A new working paper from the Berkeley Institute for Young Americans analyzed California’s historical school district financial data to gain insights into why many of the state’s unified school districts became at-risk of financial insolvency during the Great Recession and its immediate aftermath.
California school districts are in a moment of uncertainty. While the state budget has been on solid footing for the last several years, the latest financial outlook from the Legislative Analyst’s
The sustainability of the state’s public education system is questioned in a new report from the Berkeley Institute for Young Americans. Part of the California 100 initiative, administered by the Goldman School of Public Policy, the report finds that long-term structural challenges in the state’s finance system, combined with flaws in education governance, threaten the long-term outlook of public education…
California has ambitious aims for higher education. Lawmakers established goals in the state’s education code to expand college access to more students, improve college affordability, and ensure that more students are prepared for the 21st century labor market. Achieving such goals across the state’s massive higher education system is no easy task and requires that colleges and universities have the resources necessary to meet the challenge […]
This research was partially funded by California 100, a statewide initiative focused on inspiring a vision and strategy for California’s next century that is innovative, sustainable, and equitable. About the
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, young adults once again are facing the highest unemployment rates of any age group with mounting financial pressures in an uncertain economy. In response to such challenges, this issue brief explores weaknesses in the current social safety net and how it could be strengthened to better support young adults.
The coronavirus pandemic is sending shockwaves through the global and national economy, and, without a doubt, reverberations from the pandemic will have a huge impact on state budgets across the country. While the coronavirus crisis…
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