The High Cost of Low Graduation Rates: How Much Does Dropping Out of College Really Cost?

Autor/inn/en	Schneider, Mark; Yin, Lu
Institution	American Institutes for Research
Titel	The High Cost of Low Graduation Rates: How Much Does Dropping Out of College Really Cost?
Quelle	(2011), (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Taxes; Income; Graduation Rate; Dropouts; Educational Attainment; College Graduates; Economics; Debt (Financial); Financial Problems; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abgabe; Einkommen; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Volkswirtschaftslehre; USA
Abstract	President Obama has set an ambitious goal for the nation: By the year 2020, the United States will have the highest proportion of adults with college degrees in the world. The Obama administration sees the successful completion of postsecondary education as essential to American competitiveness. Governors likewise see the economic future of their states as dependent on the development of a highly educated workforce that can compete with other states and other nations. There also are more immediate reasons for elected officials to want more college graduates. College graduates earn, on average, far more than college dropouts, and these higher earnings translate directly into higher income tax payments that can help solve growing fiscal problems at the federal and state levels. But colleges and universities are now graduating only slightly more than half the students who walk through their doors. Much of the cost of dropping out is borne by individual students, who may have accumulated large debts in their unsuccessful pursuit of a degree and who forfeit the higher earnings that accrue with a bachelor's degree. This report shows the high costs of low college graduation rates in terms of lost income and in lower tax receipts for federal and state governments. Appended are: (1) Annual State Income and Tax Losses for College Dropouts from the 2002 Entering Bachelor's Degree Cohort; and (2) Present Value of Lifetime State Income and Tax Losses for College Dropouts from the 2002 Entering Bachelor's Degree Cohort. (Contains 5 tables and 19 footnotes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10