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The Talent Dividend

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The Talent Dividend is a calculation of how much economic impact college grads have on a city. By increasing the number of college graduates in Pittsburgh by one percentage point of our population, $1.8 billion would be generated in personal incomes, or revenue. That's like attracting a billion dollar company to this region. The best way to measure the economic success of a city is per capita income and the simple most direct connection of per capita income is college attainment, says CEOs for Cities, the group that created the Talent Dividend initiative.

The Talent Dividend Features

What's next for The Pittsburgh Promise?

Marty Levine Wednesday, April 24, 2013

With a new infusion of funding and more evidence that it's working, The Pittsburgh Promise launches a new phase with the same outstanding promise to each city student who qualifies: $40,000 in college scholarships.

The city as a startup

Tracy Certo Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Would our perspective of our city change if we viewed it as a startup? The ingredients are similar: great talent, sufficient capital, and a top-notch culture. A recent conference of CEOs for Cities explored this theme of City as a Startup and we report on some of the big themes and interesting ideas.

City Vitals 2.0: How does Pittsburgh stack up?

Tracy Certo Wednesday, May 23, 2012

How does Pittsburgh rank in the areas of most importance to a city's success? In four categories: connection, innovation, talent and distinctiveness, we give you a snapshot of how our fair city is benchmarked against others in a series of indicators from walkability (we do well) to venture capital (not bad) to restaurant variety (not good) to college attainment (better!).

A hotbed of innovation: What's new at Carnegie Mellon

Babs Carryer Wednesday, April 25, 2012

At Carnegie Mellon, students and faculty alike are inspired to create technologies that change the world. So when a CMU grad and four-time entrepreneur returned to campus, they lined up the best and the brightest to present their ideas to him. Here's the insider view.

The Talent Dividend: How more college grads can add to Pittsburgh's bottom line

Tracy Certo Wednesday, November 16, 2011

What's the best thing a city can do to achieve more economic success? Increase its number of college graduates. The most prosperous cities have the highest number of college grads. Read how the Talent Dividend calculates just how much college degrees add to a city's bottom line--think billions--and why Pittsburgh is one of 57 cities competing for the million dollar prize to boost college attainment.

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