Closing the Education Gap: Benefits and Costs

by Georges Vernez, Richard A. Krop, Peter C. Rydell

How much would it cost and what would the benefits be if blacks and Hispanics graduated from high school, went to college, and graduated from college at the same rate as non-Hispanic whites? The answer to this important question for the future of the nation is explored in this report. The costs of education would be high, increasing by about 20 percent in California and 10 percent in the rest of the nation. But the benefits, in the form of savings...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0833027484
• ISBN13: 9780833027481
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"