![]() Researchers estimate that gains made by students in those 11 countries equate to about two years of learning.Įach additional year of schooling appears to raise earnings by about 10 percent in the United States. Students in Latvia, Chile and Brazil are making gains in academics 3X faster than American students while those in Portugal, Hong Kong, Germany, Poland, Liechtenstein, Slovenia, Colombia and Lithuania are improving at 2X the rate. high school graduation rate remains flat and China continues on its current path, China will be graduating a higher proportion of students from high school within a decade.Ģ00 million: number of Chinese students in elementary and secondary education, compared with 66 million in the U.S. proportion of that global talent pool will shrink even further as China and India, with their enormous populations, rapidly expand their secondary and higher education systems.įACT: If the U.S. REALLY NOT SUCH GOOD NEWS: Looking ahead to 2020, the U.S. MORE NOT SUCH GOOD NEWS: the United States falls to 10th place in the rankings when it comes to the proportions of younger adults aged 25 to 34 who have an associate’s degree or higher NOT SUCH GOOD NEWS: by 2008, US ranked 15th among 29 countries with comparable data in number of educated students MORE GOOD NEWS: 18 of the top 20 universities in the world are in America. tied for first in University and college graduation rates. THE GOOD NEWS: At the higher education level, the United States has a strong system that is admired around the world and is a world leader in research. Portugal, Spain, Sweden, between 60-70 %.Switzerland and the Slovak Republic, mid 80%.Percentage of Population Achieving High School Graduation or Equivalent jobs will require some form of post-secondary education or training.Ĥ1%: percentage of adults today who have a college degree in America. economy.įACT: By 2018, 63 percent of U.S. As a result, there are mounting concerns about future growth of the U.S. Over the next 50 years: the labor force is projected to grow at about 0.6 percent per year as baby boomers retire. ![]() This tremendous stock of highly educated human capital helped the United States to become the dominant economy in the world and to take advantage of the globalization and expansion of markets.īut that lead has shrunk significantly over the past decade: population nearly doubled between 19, the labor force has also grown, from 62 million in 1950 to 149 million in 2005. is global leader in education, with largest supply of highly qualified people in its adult labor force of any country in the world.įACT: As the U.S. In the second half of the 20th century: U.S.
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