The Rant Podcast
The Rant Podcast
Eloy Ortiz Oakley
Raising Postsecondary Attainment Could Add $210,000 Per Working-Age Californian
28 minutes Posted Jun 2, 2026 at 5:00 pm.
Why Attainment Drives Economic Power
The $4.4 Trillion Headline Number
Jeff Strohl Breaks Down The Math
Reimagining The California Dream
Luck Should Not Be The System
Building Pathways For Today’s Learners
Leadership Choices For A New Era
Sign The Golden Ticket Commitment
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Send us Fan Mail $4.4 trillion. That’s the projected economic opportunity California could unlock if we hit a 70% postsecondary attainment rate and do it across every community, not just in the places that already have the most options. We dig into new work created with the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, and we ask the question underneath the headline: what changes when more working-age Californians earn credentials of value that the labor market actually rewards...