{"id":1693,"date":"2024-03-31T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carnegie25live.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=1693"},"modified":"2025-12-16T11:09:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T19:09:28","slug":"innovating-postsecondary-march-2024-carnegie-foundation-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/innovating-postsecondary-march-2024-carnegie-foundation-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovating Postsecondary: March 2024 Carnegie Foundation Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Below is Carnegie President Timothy Knowles\u2019s opening to our March 2024 newslett<\/strong><\/em>er. Join our mailing list for additional resources and recommended reads<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dear Friends and Colleagues,

While the value of a college degree is increasingly scrutinized in the public arena, it remains undeniable that a postsecondary education is a powerful lever for achieving social and economic mobility in the United States. Research has shown that not only do bachelor\u2019s degree holders earn 84 percent more<\/a> than those with just a high school diploma, but 74% of adult children with a college degree earn incomes greater than their parents<\/a>, compared to 67% of adult children without a college education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite its potential as an engine of economic mobility, the benefits of a postsecondary degree continue to elude too many students from underrepresented backgrounds. These students too often encounter a confusing and cumbersome application process, a lack of community and belonging in the schools they attend, and crippling student loans after graduation. It is for these reasons (and more) that Carnegie is intent on supporting the emergence of new postsecondary models and systems, so colleges and universities are increasingly affordable and accessible and effectively leverage the extraordinary talent that exists in the nation\u2019s most resilient communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To address these challenges, we are working on two important initiatives, designed to make the postsecondary sector a much more vital engine for economic opportunity:<\/p>\n\n\n\n