LibGuides: 8th Grade Design Thinking: Educational Attainment

Facts about Educational Attainment

Great Gains, Ongoing Gaps
More adults across the country now hold a college degree or credential, according to the latest data from the Lumina Foundation. But major racial disparities persist.

Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context

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This database contains the full content of many of the Gale's print publications about controversial issues, such as the Opposing Viewpoints series, Current Controversies, and more. It also includes articles from reference books, periodical articles and websites.

Definition

Spotlight on U.S. Educational Attainment
When Americans achieve higher levels of education, our economy and society move forward.

Explora

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This new interface from Ebsco is designed specifically for the general research needs of high school students to provide a variety of appropriate magazine and newspaper articles, chapters from books, and videos on a wide selection of topics.

Key Video

Gaps in Educational Attainment

Sample Keywords

Try combining some of these phrases in your search:

Academic achievement
Academic degree
Bachelor's degree
Master’s degree
Four-year colleges and universities
Trade school
Apprenticeship
Bridge programs
Educational attainment in the United States

How to use a database

Databases can be a great place to find all sorts of information. They contain several different source types - books, reference book articles, magazine and newspaper articles, video, audio, statistics, and even recommended websites.

When you use a database you will probably need to narrow down your search to find results that are relevant to your topic. Here are some limiting tips:

Limit by date of publication - you are researching a current issue, so you probably don't want any materials that are more than 5-8 years old.
Add search terms - the more terms in your search, the more focused your search will be. Leave out words like the, and, a, if, is, to, an and so. These terms will be omitted from your search anyway.
If you want to look up a particular topic or person of more than one word, use quotes to make the database do a phrase search. Ex. "John F. Kennedy", "Civil Rights Movement".
Limit by publication type or name (for example, look for articles from the New York Times).