December 7, 2001
Study Challenges Idea That States Can Improve Work-Force Skills by Advancing Education
A new study casts doubt on the conventional wisdom that a state can elevate the skills of its work force by persuading more students to enroll at its colleges.
The study, which examined state and national data from 1960 to 1990, found that increasing the number of baccalaureate graduates had only a "modest" effect on the proportion of skilled workers in any given state.
"Basically, for every extra 100 college graduates you produce in a state, only about 30 stay around," says
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