An Appeal to Tear the Paper Ceiling

For more than 70 million workers in the U.S. without a bachelor’s degree, the opportunity for upward economic mobility is often a monumental challenge. And at a time when many businesses are clamoring to acquire top talent, workers who are skilled through alternative routes, or STARS, are being outright ignored for higher-wage jobs.

This so-called “paper ceiling” disproportionately affects 66 percent of rural workers, 61 percent of veterans, 61 percent of blacks, and 55 percent of Hispanics. Over the past 40 years, the wage gap between STARS and workers with a bachelor’s degree has doubled.

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