Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Here is a valuable article on the role of colleges and universities in the emerging New England economy. Read more.
The authors, Neal Pierce and Curtis Johnson, take a clear-eyed look at the flow of brainpower through the regin's education system:
"Take 100 graduating ninth-graders in New England today. Based on recent performance, there’s not a state in the region in which more than 77 will actually graduate from high school, 52 will actually enter college, or 29 will successfully graduate with either an associate or bachelor’s degree."
The same conclusion would come from an analysis of regional economies across the country: We are training far too few people with post seondary educations. We have far too many young people dropping out of high school. And far too many high school graduates with weak skills andd no career plans.
posted by Ed Morrison |
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Higher educaton and the New England economy
