Women now outnumber men in the U.S. college-educated labor force
Women have overtaken men and now account for more than half (50.7%) of the college-educated labor force in the United States.
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Women have overtaken men and now account for more than half (50.7%) of the college-educated labor force in the United States.
Americans have mixed views on the importance of having a degree. 47% say the cost is worth it only if someone doesn’t have to take out loans.
About half of upper-income workers (51%) say they take off less time than offered, compared with 45% of middle-income workers and 41% of lower-income workers.
Here’s a closer look at what recent surveys have found about Americans’ views of affirmative action.
The higher education pipeline suggests a long path is ahead for increasing diversity, especially in fields like computing and engineering.
Most workers are highly satisfied with their relationship with their co-workers and manager, but relatively few feel the same about their pay or opportunities for promotion.
Workplace diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, or DEI, are increasingly becoming part of national political debates. For a majority of employed U.S. adults (56%), focusing on increasing DEI at work is a good thing. But relatively small shares of workers place a lot of importance on diversity at their workplace.
A majority of workers in only four out of nine industries studied say that the responsibilities of their job can be done from home.
Black and Hispanic workers remain underrepresented in STEM jobs compared with their share of the U.S. workforce.
The drop in employment in three months of the COVID-19 recession is more than double the drop effected by the Great Recession over two years.
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