Those are very compelling stats.  I forwarded this message around to 
some colleagues around here with another factoid showing the difference 
in income between HS grads and adults completing a 2-yr credential 
($38.6K avg income for postsecondary 2yr-degree level vs. $31k/yr with a 
HS degree). In the process, I stumbled upon the following website which 
offers a bunch of very colorful free posters showing variations of 
income by educational attainment:

http://www.postsecondary.org/ps/ps_02.asp.  

Charlie Herbert
SABES
Holyoke, MA


Gail Price wrote:

> The following appeared in the April 7 PEN Weekly Newsblast.  You will 

> have to register on the Jobs for the Future Web site if you are 

> interested in reading the entire article. Registration is free and 

> only takes a minute or so.

>

> The authors found that almost half of the dropouts who attain a 

> secondary credential later enroll in two- or four-year colleges. Yet 

> for all their effort, less than 10 percent earn a postsecondary 

> degree. How can we better prepare our adult education students (high 

> school diploma or GED certificate holders) for college level work? 

> What are your programs doing?

>

>

> MYTHS & FACTS ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS

> Contrary to the popular notion that high school dropouts are unmotivated

> and do not value education, a new report from Jobs for the Future (JFF)

> finds that most dropouts are remarkably persistent in their drive to

> complete their education. Nearly 60 percent of dropouts eventually earn a

> high school credential - in most cases a GED -- according to "Making Good

> on a Promise: What Policymakers Can Do to Support the Educational

> Persistence of Dropouts." In addition, almost half of those that earn

> secondary credentials later enroll in two- or four-year colleges. Yet for

> all their effort, less than 10 percent of those dropouts who enroll in

> postsecondary education earn a degree, a critical factor in securing a

> good paying job in today's economy.

> http://www.jff.org/JFF_KC_Pages.php?WhichLevel=1&lv1_id=4&lv2_id=0&lv3_id=0&KC_M_ID=287 

> <http://www.jff.org/JFF_KC_Pages.php?WhichLevel=1&lv1_id=4&lv2_id=0&lv3_id=0&KC_M_ID=287>

>

>

> Gail J. Price

> Multimedia Specialist

> National Center for Family Literacy

> 325 West Main Street, Suite 300

> Louisville, KY 40205

>

> Phone: 502 584-1133, ext. 112

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