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SAT Report: Only 43 Percent of 2012 College-Bound Seniors Are College Ready
Via College Board Only 43% of SAT test takers achieved the “college level readiness benchmark” which measures the academic preparedness of groups of students for higher education and beyond. Achieving the benchmark score of 1550 on the SAT is linked … Continue reading
Staggering Facts About the Educational Experiences of Young Men of Color
The College Board Advocacy & Policy Center reports an alarming statistic: “Nearly half of young men of color age 15 to 24 who graduate from high school will end up unemployed, incarcerated or dead.” References Lee, John Michael, & Ransom, Tafaya. (2011). The … Continue reading
Posted in Inequality, Male Crisis, Poverty, Socio-economic Status
Tagged age, educational attainment, incarceration, males, minorities, mortality
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High School Dropout Costs are High
Dropouts cost taxpayers between $320 billion and $350 billion a year in lost wages, taxable income, health, welfare and incarceration costs, among others. Those who don’t finish will earn $200,000 less than those who do over their lifetime, and $1 … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Graduation Rates, Income Distribution, Inequality, Secondary Education, Socio-economic Status
Tagged dropouts, economy, educational attainment, fiscal burden, high school dropouts, income, income distribution, lifetime earnings, secondary education, taxpayers, unemployment
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Study: The Left and Right Just Don’t Understand White Working-Class Americans
If the following study’s findings are correct both left and right wing pundits are wrong! “Both the right and the left operate with stereotypes about white working-class Americans,” noted Dr. Robert P. Jones, CEO of Public Religion Research Institute, which … Continue reading
The Abortion Issue in the Context of a Genetic Defect in the Baby
The very complicated issue of abortion continues to divide America. Today I investigated the abortion issue in the context of knowing a strong chance for a genetic defect in the baby exists. The Dataset, Dependent Variables and Covariates Dataset: I utilized the … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged abortion, age, conservative, Democrats, educational attainment, genetics, independents, party, religion
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Online Education May Exacerbate Achievement Gaps Among Students
A study by the Community College Research Center at Columbia University suggests online education may widen achievement gaps among students. Xu and Jaggars (2013) utilized a dataset including 40,000 degree-seeking students who took nearly 500,000 online and face-to-face courses in one of … Continue reading
“Being Employed” and Its Association with Demographic Variables: A Logistic Regression Analysis
Unemployment remains an American crisis for far too many Americans. What can we learn about the association of demographic factors with unemployment? Specifically, how are age, gender, martital status, race, socio-economic status and years of schooling related to being employed? … Continue reading
Jobless Rate and Educational Attainment
“The jobless rate for people with a bachelor’s degree was 3.7 percent in January, versus 8.1 percent for those with no more than a high school diploma.” Reference Rampell, Catherine. (2013). College Premium: Better Pay, Better Prospects. New York Times. … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Higher Education
Tagged college premium, educational attainment, employment, higher education, unemployment
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Who’s More and Less Likely to Get a Flu Shot?
I understand one is not paranoid if there’s a legitimate fear that something bad can happen. So I guess I’m not technically paranoid about getting the flu this year, but I have to admit I find myself taking more precautions … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Health, Higher Education, Income Distribution, Socio-economic Status
Tagged age, educational attainment, flu shot, gender, general health, income, medical cost, race, vaccination
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The Disappearing Defined Benefit Pension and Its Potential Impact on the Retirement Incomes of Baby Boomers
The Dynamic Effects of Participation Changes in Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Plans Buried within the ‘analysis caves’ of the U.S. Social Security Administration is a report indicating greater lost family income for last-wave boomers born from 1961 through 1965 than for those born … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Gender, Higher Education, Income Distribution, Secondary Education
Tagged baby-boomers, defined benefit, defined contribution, educational attainment, employees, employers, ethnicity, family income, income distribution, marital status, pensions, race, socio-economic status
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