Employer Training Disparity

Low-skilled workers that require education or training to upgrade their skills and obtain a better job are less likely to receive such training than their higher-educated peers. College graduates are almost twice as likely as high school graduates to receive formal training from their employers.

Source: Anthony P. Carnevale, Nicole Smith, Jeff Strohl, Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018, Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, June 2010.