College Attainment Question 1. What percent of adult Oregonians
have completed a four-year college degree?
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College Attainment Question 1. What percent of adult Oregonians
have completed a four- year college degree? Answer: 27.7% (American
Community Survey, 2005)
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High School Graduation Question 2. What percent of adult
Oregonians have only a high school diploma, or less education?
(What percent have no education beyond high school)?
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High School Graduation Question 2. What percent of adult
Oregonians have only a high school diploma, or less education?
(What percent have no education beyond high school)? Answer: 38.8%
(American Community Survey, 2005)
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Returns to Education Question 3. Each year, how much more does
the typical 4-year college graduate earn than the typical person
with just a high school diploma?
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Returns to Education Question 3. Each year, how much more does
the typical 4-year college graduate earn than the typical person
with just a high school diploma? Answer: 83% More High school
graduate only: $27,915 4-year College Degree: $51,206 (Current
Population Survey, 2003)
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Annual Earnings (Inflation-adjusted) 1975
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Annual Earnings (Inflation-adjusted) 2003
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Who Pays Taxes Question 4. One-third of all Oregon households
have at least one household member with a four-year college degree.
What fraction of Oregon income tax revenues are paid by these
households?
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Who Pays Taxes Question 4. One-third of all Oregon households
have at least one household member with a four-year college degree.
What fraction of Oregon income tax revenues are paid by these
households? Answer: 55% (Impresa estimates from OPS and IRS
data)
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Public Expenditures: Health Question 5. What fraction of the
adult enrollees in the Oregon Health Plan have a high school
diploma or less education?
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Public Expenditures: Health Question 5. What fraction of the
adult enrollees in the Oregon Health Plan have a high school
diploma or less education? Answer: 62%. (Impresa estimates from OPS
data)
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Public Expenditures: Corrections Question 6. What fraction of
the inmates in the Oregon Correctional system have a high school
diploma or less education?
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Public Expenditures: Corrections Question 6. What fraction of
the inmates in the Oregon Correctional system have a high school
diploma or less education? Answer: 72% (Impresa estimates from OPS
data)
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Public Expenditures: Unemployment Question 7. What percentage
of persons drawing unemployment insurance payments in Oregon have
just a high school diploma or less education?
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Public Expenditures: Unemployment Question 7. What percentage
of persons drawing unemployment insurance payments in Oregon have
just a high school diploma or less education? Answer: 71% (Impresa
estimates from Oregon Employment Department data)
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Nearly 3/4 ths of UI Claimants have less than only a High
School Diploma or less education (Data courtesy Oregon Employment
Department)
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Civic Participation Question 8. How much more likely are
persons with a 4-year college degree to vote than those with just a
high school diploma?
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Civic Participation Question 8. How much more likely are
persons with a 4-year college degree to vote than those with just a
high school diploma? Answer: 59% more likely High School Graduate:
43.3% 4 Year College Graduate 68.7% (Adults 25 to 44, Current
Population Survey, 2004 Election)
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Diversity Question 9. What fraction of the kids who will enter
Kindergarten in Oregon next year are Hispanic?
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Diversity Question 9. What fraction of the kids who will enter
Kindergarten in Oregon next year are Hispanic? Answer: About one in
six (17%) (American Community Survey)
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Global High School Question 10: What fraction of the worlds
population will attend secondary school?
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Global High School Question 10: What fraction of the worlds
population will attend secondary school? Answer: Three in Five. 60%
of the worlds population will attend secondary school. Secondary
School is nearly universal in Europe, Korea, Japan & 70% in
China, 64% in Mexico, 60% in Brazil, 50% in India.
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Worldwide College Attendance Question 11. What percentage of
the worlds college students attend classes in the United
States?
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Worldwide College Attendance Question 11. What percentage of
the worlds college students attend classes in the United States?
Answer: US Accounts for just 16% - -14 million of worlds 88 million
-- college students
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State Per Capita Income Drivers Question 12: Whats the biggest
single factor determining differences in state per capita income A.
Tax Levels B. Business Climate C. Bill Gates D. % of Adults with a
4-Year Degree
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D. % of Adults with a Four-Year Degree
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Education matters Drives personal income Contributes to state
revenue Lack of education drives state costs Education increases
civic engagement Ethnic and gender diversity increasing Global
competitiveness
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A Seismic Shift in Labor Markets Last 30 Years Boomers enter
prime work years Womens labor market participation nearly doubles
Educational attainment up sharply = Labor Surplus Next 30 Years
Boomers retire; many early Womens labor market participation
plateaus Educational attainment plateaus = Labor Shortage