The APSCUF Report, October 2011

October 14th, 2011 at 2:24 pm
October 2011

NOW YOU KNOW:


Higher Education Is Essential
for Pennsylvania's Workforce

  • For many policymakers today, jobs are the number one priority.
  • How does higher education affect jobs and the economy?
  • In the second quarter of 2011, the unemployment rate in Pennsylvania for those with a high school diploma was 9 percent.
  • The unemployment rate for those with a bachelor's degree or more? 4.5 percent.
  • According to Georgetown's Center on Education and the Workforce, 57 percent of all jobs in Pennsylvania will require some post-secondary training beyond high school by 2018.

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