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- 83% of two-year
college graduates have same annual earnings as four-year
college graduates.
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- 65% of our workforce
is Skilled; 20% Professional, 15% Unskilled.
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- For every 10
California high school freshman....
3 drop out, 3 graduate &
work, 4 enter college -
2 drop out of college, 2 graduate college.
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- The average beginning
age of a skilled apprentice in California in 1960 was 19, today
it is 29.
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- Dropout rate is cut in
half for students who take three sequential CTE courses.
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- California Employment
Development Department expects 6.5 million new job openings to
be generated in the state by 2014 - 2.5 Million created by
economic growth, 4 Million by retiring baby boomers.
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- A study done by
Lansing Area Manufacturing Partnership found that CTE students
enrolled in college did a better job in sustaining their
enrollment and reported being better prepared for the college
environment.
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- California accounts for 20%
of nation's high tech jobs and production.
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- In 1987, 74% of
California high school students were enrolled in CTE. In
2005, just 34% enrolled.
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- A vast majority of
California jobs require a high level of technical literacy and
skill, but not a four-year degree.
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- There has been a
decline in the number of CTE teachers from 6,922 in 1988 to
4,923 in 2005.
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