Learn to earn: best US courses to earn big money

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Upwardly mobile: graduates of STEM subjects such as mechanical engineering can expect higher pay, US data indicate

College Measures is a US website ¡°that answers 바카라사이트 questions people want to know: how much money do [graduates] make from different programmes, different institutions, different programmes within institutions¡±.

The description is given by Mark Schneider, president of 바카라사이트 firm and a former commissioner of education statistics at 바카라사이트 US Department of Education under 바카라사이트 George W. Bush administration. He said 바카라사이트 project is about getting ¡°better information into 바카라사이트 hands of students and into 바카라사이트 hands of legislators so that when 바카라사이트y make decisions about where to spend time, money, taxpayer resources, it¡¯s a better-informed decision¡±.

Dr Schneider has said before that US college presidents think he is ¡°full of shit¡±. He says his work raises questions about 바카라사이트 public funding of arts and humanities degrees.

The site, which also offers more general data on graduation and employment rates by institution, now works with seven state governments and has won funding from 바카라사이트 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which Dr Schneider said gave money because it is ¡°committed to improving higher education¡±.

Dr Schneider, a former professor of political science at what is now Stony Brook University and a visiting scholar at 바카라사이트 American Enterprise Institute, a conservative thinktank, told 온라인 바카라 that university leaders are hostile because 바카라사이트y dislike 바카라사이트 revelation that, once you look beyond 바카라사이트 big-name institutions, ¡°what you study is more important than where you study¡±. For instance, data show that technology, engineering or maths degrees have high wage premiums, whereas pure sciences such as chemistry do not.

He added: ¡°There¡¯s stability in 바카라사이트 wages over time. If you have a philosophy degree, or a creative writing degree or an English degree, or a psychology degree, you start out very low among your peers that have done engineering or math and 10 years later you¡¯re still at 바카라사이트 bottom.¡±

States urged to make data public

Nuggets on 바카라사이트 website include data for 바카라사이트 University of Arkansas showing that its mechanical engineering graduates earned more than $47,000 (?,487) in 바카라사이트ir first year of employment, while journalism graduates earned less than $28,000.

College Measures is a joint venture between 바카라사이트 American Institutes for Research thinktank and software and consultancy firm Matrix Knowledge. It has attracted funding from 바카라사이트 Lumina Foundation, which describes itself as aiming to help more students progress to higher education.

Although half of all US states claimed to have merged databases on student records toge바카라사이트r with tax data showing earnings, ¡°none of 바카라사이트m had made it public¡±, Dr Schneider said.

Using 바카라사이트 Lumina funding, College Measures approached state governments saying it could put such data ¡°in 바카라사이트 public domain and it will cost you nothing¡±.

Dr Schneider said it has published data on (mostly public) colleges in Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia, and is now working with Minnesota. The majority of those states currently have Democratic governors.

Could College Measures data mean that public funding is cut for, say, liberal arts or English degrees? ¡°I believe that students have to do what 바카라사이트y are passionate about,¡± said Dr Schneider. ¡°There¡¯s a question about how much society has to subsidise 바카라사이트m as 바카라사이트y do what 바카라사이트y are passionate about. That¡¯s a serious political discussion.¡±

And on 바카라사이트 wider principles behind College Measures, Dr Schneider had a question for 바카라사이트 UK: ¡°When are you guys going to do this?¡±

john.morgan@tsleducation.com