Which states will have the most college-eligible students?THE POTENTIAL APPLICANT Applicant is a sketch written by Harold Pinter. It was originally written in 1959 and was first broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 1964. Plot Applying for a job, a young man named Mr. POOL FOR COLleges and universities is going to grow significantly in some states between now and 2014, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. data gathered by the National Center for Education Statistics The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), as part of the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES), collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States; conducts studies . The center reports that the number of public high school graduates is expected to increase in 23 states over the next eight years. Further, all four major regions of the country will be graduating more high school students, but the real boom will be happening in the West and South regions. The Western states * will experience a 17 percent jump, while the Southern states Southern States U.S. Confederacy government of 11 Southern states that left the Union in 1860. [Am. Hist.: EB, III: 73] Dixie popular name for Southern states in U.S. and for song. [Am. Hist. ** will graduate 12 percent more high schoolers by 2014. Conversely con·verse 1 intr.v. con·versed, con·vers·ing, con·vers·es 1. To engage in a spoken exchange of thoughts, ideas, or feelings; talk. See Synonyms at speak. 2. , the growth in the Northeast and Midwest Midwest or Middle West, region of the United States centered on the western Great Lakes and the upper-middle Mississippi valley. It is a somewhat imprecise term that has been applied to the northern section of the land between the Appalachians will be only 4 percent and 3 percent, respectively. Some states will not come out ahead, though. NCES NCES National Center for Education Statistics NCES Net-Centric Enterprise Services (US DoD) NCES Network Centric Enterprise Services NCES Net Condition Event Systems also reports that 23 states will experience no growth at all. So, which individual states will have the most college-eligible graduates? NCES has compiled a list of the states with the biggest gains and largest losses. EXPECTED INCREASE, HIGH SCHOOL GRADS, 2002-2014 State Percent 1 Nevada 59.2 2 Arizona 31.6 3 District of Columbia 30.4 4 New Jersey 29.6 5 Florida 22.6 6 California 21.6 7 Michigan 20.3 8 Texas 20.2 9 Colorado 18.2 10 Virginia 18.0 AND THE BIGGEST DROP? State Percent 1 Iowa -11.9 2 West Virginia -10.2 3 Oklahoma -8.8 4 Minnesota -7.3 5 New Mexico -7.2 6 Mississippi -6.4 7 Hawaii -6.1 8 Kansas -6.0 9 Nebraska -5.7 10 Wisconsin -4.5 * The western states as defined by NCES are Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. ** Southern states are Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, D.C., Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. To view the data go to http://nces.ed.gov/programs/projections/sec3c.asp. Source: National Center for Education Statistics |
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