Student debt has been on the rise since the 1970s. Below, we break down trends in student debt over time by plotting all total student loans in a given year
We look at changes to California’s investment in public higher education across the University of California (UC), California State University (CSU), and California Community College (CCC) systems over time. We
Since 1960, Bachelor’s (BA) degree attainment rates have increased for all Californians over time. However, there are persistent and increasing disparities across racial groups, with the Latino/Hispanic and Black population
How much progress have the state’s universities made in delivering on one of their core missions: a diploma for every student? Cal State Long Beach, San Diego State, Cal Poly
This month marks the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic. We took a look at unemployment and long-term unemployment by age to see how the economic changes brought on by
As policymakers consider the best path forward, we are publishing an interactive calculator to model potential policy designs for national relief payments in real-time. We hope that this will help inform the national debate as new income…
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.
Summary Despite widespread concern about the low voter turnout of young Americans, very little political science research focuses on those factors predicting their turnout. This brief shows that some well-known
Millennials are on track to become the most educated generation in the coming years. Educational attainment has increased among young adults in almost every successive business cycle in the last six decades.
The number of young people (ages 18-24) living in poverty has increased over the last several decades, with young adults among the most poverty-prone age groups since the onset of the Great Recession, according to a new issue brief from the Berkeley Institute for Young Americans (BIFYA).
We envision a new paradigm in public policy that advances an equitable, sustainable, and prosperous society for current and future generations.
