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As companies continue to focus on improving diversity and inclusion efforts, there’s one often-overlooked strategy that can help them achieve real results: education benefits.
The U.S. has a pretty serious education gap among its population. About 74% of Black Americans and 81% of Hispanic Americans aged 25 and older don’t have a four-year degree, according to data from the Census Bureau, compared to the 59% of white Americans aged 25 and older without a college degree.
Amanda Schiavo is an associate editor of Employee Benefit News. Follow her on Twitter at @SchiavoAmanda.
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