Higher Education & Economic Mobility in Nevada

Authors

Ember Smith, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Caitlin J. Saladino, The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain WestFollow
William E. Brown Jr., Brookings Mountain WestFollow

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

6-24-2020

Publication Title

Higher Education Fact Sheet No. 11

Publisher

The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West

Publisher Location

Las Vegas (Nev.)

First page number:

1

Last page number:

6

Abstract

Using methods from both the Opportunity Insights Project and the Brookings Opportunity Engines Project, this fact sheet examines Nevada’s public higher education system and attempts to measure the success of these institutions in creating economic mobility opportunities for lower- and middle-income students. Only colleges with over 200 students from each of the 1980-1982 birth cohorts are included in the Brookings Opportunity Engine’s analysis. This fact sheet follows suit and focuses on only those in Nevada: University of Nevada, Reno (UNR); University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV); Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC); College of Southern Nevada (CSN); and Western Nevada College (WNC).

Keywords

Higher education; Economic mobility; Income distribution; Nevada

Disciplines

Economics | Higher Education | Income Distribution | Inequality and Stratification | Public Policy

File Format

pdf

File Size

470 KB

Language

English

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Publisher Citation

Smith, E.R., Saladino, C.J., Brown, W.E. (2020). Higher Education & Economic Mobility in Nevada. The Data Hub at The Lincy Institute & Brookings Mountain West. Higher Education Fact Sheet No. 11, 1-6.

Repository Citation

Smith, E., Saladino, C. J., Brown, W. E. (2020). Higher Education & Economic Mobility in Nevada. Higher Education Fact Sheet No. 11 1-6.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/bmw_lincy_he/7