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posted by Clemens @ 2:33 PM
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Sententiae
Sententia-ae. fem, Latin for: opinion, view, judgment; purpose, intention; (law) sentence, verdict; (in the Senate) motion, proposal, view; meaning, sense; sentence; maxim. See also: garrulitas, magnificentia, opinio, praejudicum.
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That's a shame, because comment would really be useful here. For example:
(1) Do GED's count? If so, then that would help explain the low number of 18-24 year olds with degrees. Many students drop out, try to make it on their own a few years, then (when reality hits) go back to get the GED so they can attend community college.
(2) Could some of the drop off be due to higher standards?
Two good points. But I don't recall the site having any more info on it. I think the general trend line though may hold up. Unless this does not count the large number of the home schooled who are given credit for high school work though I assume they are counted as regular students. The higher standards could be true, but I rather doubt it. No real data on hand, but I haven't seen anything among those coming into college that makes me think standards have risen.
Personally I would be interested in seeing just what the high school degree is worth these days.
Personally I would be interested in seeing just what the high school degree is worth these days.
I've routinely heard lines like, "$20k more than not having one", which makes me suspect that I'm being paid a high school salary. ;-) Either that, or a lot of people are making below-subsistence wages.
Well, if you subtracted $20K from the salary of our janitors and secretaries, most of them would owe the state money.
BUT:
A coach at Duke University earned $4.1 million last year. Not all of it salary evidently.
But then, that's Duke.
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