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  • 标题:College Degrees: Why Aren't More People Making the Investment?
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  • 作者:Maria E. Canon ; Charles S. Gascon
  • 期刊名称:Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - Regional Economist
  • 出版年度:2012
  • 出版社:Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
  • 摘要:

    Over the past 30 years, some of the benefits of furthering one's education have become more pronounced, specifically, higher earnings and lower unemployment. Some studies have even found a positive relationship between higher education and better health.1 Surprisingly, over the same period, high school dropout rates have declined only modestly, and close to one-third of all high school graduates still do not enroll in any form of college. Even though a greater percentage of high school graduates enter college today than 30 years ago, this rise has not been met by a proportional increase in completion rates. In the past few years, college graduation rates actually have fallen as a consequence of increasing college dropout rates. This begs the question: If the benefits to education appear to be so high, why don't more people seek a college degree?

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