The Ivy Leagues and their students face increasingly fierce job market competition from these 20 colleges and universities that are gaining powerful credibility with corporate America.
Only one in four U.S. adults say it's extremely or very important to have a four-year college degree to get a well-paying job, according to a 2024 Pew Research poll.
Chancellor Bradley Davis says that the program set to launch this fall at the West Valley-Mission Community College District is about "equity, access and reimagining what community college can be."
In the first quarter of 2024, Gen Z made up 18% of the workforce, according to the Department of Labor, but 18- to 25-year-olds made up nearly 25% of all new hires in skilled trade industries that year, according to Gusto.
Amid public defiance by education leaders to disregard the Trump Administration's anti-DEI policy, three separate judges—two of whom are Trump appointees—delivered a heavy legal blow to the Department of Education.
College endowments provide long-term financial support but are often restricted and can't be freely spent. Their structure makes them ill-suited to cover sudden funding cuts like those proposed by the Trump administration.
