Comments on: U.S. to fall short of 2025 college grads goal—by 24 million degrees

By: Robert Evans

Robert Evans — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 12:44:16 +0000

“The cost to the U.S. economy in lost wages and income taxes? About $600 billion a year.”

How so? The more degreed people out there, the less the monetary benefit of a degree.

By: Former NCA&T Chancellor speaks at DNC | HBCU Buzz

Former NCA&T Chancellor speaks at DNC | HBCU Buzz — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:48:45 +0000

[...] some kind by 2025. The Lumina Foundation, which hosted the panel, shares those goals, which so far appear to be falling short. (Disclosure: The Lumina Foundation is among The Hechinger Report’s many [...]

By: Bart Schuster

Bart Schuster — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:22:00 +0000

If 60% of adults have college degrees then people to the 40 percentile (that’s 10 percentiles below the median) on academic ability will have college degrees. Apparently it is possible if Canada, Japan and South Korea can do it but it is a new way of thinking about college degrees. Perhaps Canada, Japan and South Korea will have to consider them something for the average, median, person…not as elite as before. Given the “Flynn effect”, increases in average IQ over time, the goal may be quite attainable. Perhaps grad school will then become much more desirable as a means of distinguishing oneself and earning a little extra prestige in an ocean of college grads.

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