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  • The Cost of Not Going to College

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    The Cost of Not Going to College

    From 2004 to 2013, the median annual cost of tuition at a four-year public academic institution rose nearly 30 percent, from $13,270 to $17,474.

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    Pull Yourself Up By Your (Parents’) Bootstraps

    We imagine a world where our lot in life is tied to our own talents and initiative, rather than our parentage. We can measure our progress toward this goal: Intergenerational Income Mobility is the extent to which parental income levels are correlated to that of their children when the children are grown.  

  • The Cost of Not Going to College

    •

    The Cost of Not Going to College

    From 2004 to 2013, the median annual cost of tuition at a four-year public academic institution rose nearly 30 percent, from $13,270 to $17,474.

  • •

    Pull Yourself Up By Your (Parents’) Bootstraps

    We imagine a world where our lot in life is tied to our own talents and initiative, rather than our parentage. We can measure our progress toward this goal: Intergenerational Income Mobility is the extent to which parental income levels are correlated to that of their children when the children are grown.