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Who makes up the working class today? What exactly is it that ails them? Why, unlike in so many other parts of America, do their fortunes seem to be declining rather than improving? And what can government—state or federal government—do to remedy the collapse in blue-collar communities?
This report offers several higher education proposals to restore opportunity for working-class communities amid changing demographics. Among the report’s suggestions: competency-based education, coding boot camps, training by companies, and apprenticeships.