By the numbers on life after high school: a data bank on education trends for district leaders.Roughly 1 in 3 young Americans do not go on to any form of higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. . VALUE OF A COLLEGE DEGREE Percent of 18- to 25-year-olds who agree with the following statements: It's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have easier to move up in a company when you have a college degree African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. 89% Hispanic Hispanic Multiculture A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race Social medicine Any of 17 major Latino subcultures, concentrated in California, Texas, Chicago, Miam, NY, and elsewhere 94% Asian American A·sian A·mer·i·can also A·sian-A·mer·i·can n. A U.S. citizen or resident of Asian descent. See Usage Note at Amerasian. A 89% White 89% In the long run, you will make more money of you have a college degree African-American 84% Hispanic 90% Asian-American 92% White 88% Going to college gives people time to figure out what they really want to do African-American 76% Hispanic 88% Asian-American 90% White 85% ENCOURAGEMENT They had a teacher or coachin high school who really inspiredand motivated mo·ti·vate tr.v. mo·ti·vat·ed, mo·ti·vat·ing, mo·ti·vates To provide with an incentive; move to action; impel. mo them to do their best African-American 79% Hispanic 70% Asian-American 69% White 76% They had a teacher who really took an interest in them personally and encouraged them to go to college African-American 74% Hispanic 69% Asian-American 63% White 66% Counseling Thinking about the number of students in your high school, would you say that: There weretoo few counselors 53% The ratio of counselors to students was about right 41% There were too many counselors 5% There were no counselors 1% Going on the College In your circel of friends, how many are going to college or have gone to college? Virtually all African-American 30% Hispanic 20% Asian-American 54% White 37% Most African-American 26% Hispanic 29% Asian-American 27% White 31% Some African-American 17% Hispanic 19% Asian-American 12% White 16% Only a few or none African-American 28% Hispanic 32% Asian-American 7% White 16% Male vs. Female Percentage who agree: Went to college because they really enjoy being in school Young women 69% Young Men 58% Didn't did·n't Contraction of did not. didn't did not didn't do continue with college because they wanted to work and make money Young women 42% Young men 56% Why Not? Reasons 18- to 25-year-olds gave for not going to college: I wanted to work and make money 49% I couldn't could·n't Contraction of could not. couldn't could not afford it 46% I had to many other responsibilities 46% I had enough of school and didn't want to go anymore 28% My grades were too low 24% My career goals didn't require a college degree 24% Source: Public Agenda, Life After High School: Young people Talk about Their Hopes and Prospects, 2005. www.publicagenda.org See .org. (networking) org - The top-level domain for organisations or individuals that don't fit any other top-level domain (national, com, edu, or gov). Though many have .org domains, it was never intended to be limited to non-profit organisations. RFC 1591. |
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