Acting Balanced: Guest Post: Heather's Hubby talks Education

A view on education - A chain is only as strong as its weakest link

Here are some very interesting 2009 U.S. Census Bureau Statistics:

Educational Attainment by Degree-Level and Age-Group (American Community Survey) Percent of Adults 25 to 64 with a Bachelors Degree or Higher - 2009

Difference in Median Earnings Between a High School Diploma and a Bachelors Degree 25 to 64 Year Olds - 2007

Some thoughts:

We are in a innovation and technology based economy yet only 29.8% of the population has a Bachelors degree.
In South Carolina only 55% of high school students graduate 'on-time.'
Using the US average, a person with a Bachelors degree will earn approximately $858,200.00 more in their lifetime (not adjusting for inflation).
A C of C out-of-state student would see a $9.8:1 return on investment over a lifetime. An in-state students would see $20.4:1 return.
A student with a Bachelors degree is almost 2.8 times lesslikely to be unemployed

People ask me all the time what I think about the state of education in this state, country etc. I think the numbers are stating their own case.

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Neyland D. Catt · 760 weeks ago

Yup. The numbers do pretty much speak for themselves. An increasingly small number of people are involved with the innovation of new technology in this country. A disturbing trend.

TheSingleMom · 760 weeks ago

I think one of the big reasons there are so few people with a bachelor's degree is simply the cost of education...and the priced keep going up. I don't even want to think about what it will cost me to send my son to college/university in 16 years...

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