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Its mission is to develop and test new themes, ideas, and policy proposals that can help Democrats and other center-left leaders make a new economic offer to working Americans, find common ground on polarizing cultural issues like immigration, crime, and education, and rally public support for defending freedom and democracy in a dangerous world. Acting as Senior Adviser to the Campaign is former  \nU.S. Representative Tim Ryan, who represented northeast Ohio in Congress from 2003 to 2023. Since 2016, Democrats have suffered severe erosion among non-college white voters and lately have been losing support from Black, Hispanic, and Asian working-class voters as well. Since these voters account for about threequarters of registered voters, basic electoral math dictates that the party will have to do better with  \nthem to restore its competitiveness outside metro centers and build lasting governing majorities. The party's history and legacy point in the same direction: Democrats do best when they champion the economic aspirations and moral outlook of ordinary working Americans.  \nTo help them relocate this political north star and to inform our work on policy innovation, PPI has commissioned a series of YouGov polls on the beliefs and political attitudes of non-college voters, with a particular focus on the battleground states that have decided the outcome of recent national elections.  \nThis report is the first in a series of Campaign Blueprints detailing new ideas that can help Democrats reach across today's yawning\"diploma divide\" and reconnect with the workingclass voters who have historically been the party's mainstay.  \nCareer Pathways: How to Create Better Alternatives to College  \nTAYLOR MAAG  \nAUGUST 2024  \nCAREER PATHWAYS: HOW TO CREATE BETTER ALTERNATIVES TO COLLEGE  \nINTRODUCTION  \nIn the 21st century, education has become America’s most significant marker of class privilege. People with bachelor’s and advanced degrees have mostly prospered, while wages for those with less education have fallen.1 This divergence in economic fortunes lies at the heart of our country’s present economic and political discontents.2  \nIn days past, Americans could get good jobs that paid a family-sustaining wage with just a high school diploma. In today’s increasingly intangible and data-driven economy, most jobs require at least some postsecondary education and training due to automation and technological advancements — demanding different knowledge and skills.3 If we don’t act now to prepare our current and future workers for these opportunities, more Americans will experience downward mobility and fall further behind.  \nSome Washington policymakers think we can solve this with “college for all.” It’s true that, on average, a bachelor’s degree confers higher lifetime earnings on those who have them.4 But most Americans don’t earn degrees. Today, 62% of American adults have no bachelor’s degree, and that number rises to 72% for Black adults and 79% for Hispanic adults.5  \nDespite this reality, federal and state policies remain strongly biased in favor of subsidies to Americans who go to college, specifically those who acquire a 4-year degree. In 2018, the federal government spent roughly $149 billion on higher education versus $58 billion for workforcerelated education and training.6 Since the latter figure also includes Pell Grants and veterans’programs, Washington really only spent about  \nCAREER PATHWAYS: HOW TO CREATE BETTER ALTERNATIVES TO COLLEGE  \n$16 billion, spread across 17 separate federal programs that provide workforce-focused education, employment, and training assis","cbCaipBOvhPm5Lfg","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipBOvhPm5Lfg","pdf",659051,"English","# Introduction\n## Create Career Pathways for All Workers\n### Expand apprenticeship seven-fold","[{\"question\":\"Why does the report argue that education is tied to class privilege in the 21st century?\",\"answer\":\"It states that people with bachelor’s and advanced degrees have mostly prospered while wages for those with less education have fallen, linking educational attainment to economic outcomes and current political discontent.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the report say about the limits of “college for all”?\",\"answer\":\"It notes that most Americans do not earn degrees, that 62% of adults lack a bachelor’s degree, and that college-focused policies remain biased toward four-year programs.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the report’s first proposed action to create better alternatives to college?\",\"answer\":\"It calls for expanding apprenticeship seven-fold, citing the scale gap between the U.S. and countries such as Great Britain, Australia, and Germany.\"}]","Career Pathways: How to Create Better Alternatives to College | PDF",1792060294,48]