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Did You Know
Did you Know...America's workforce is facing a current and growing crisis?
- 90% of the fastest growing jobs will require some form of postsecondary education.
- Business is spending billions each year to train new employees and remediate the educational skill gaps of those already in the workforce.
- The American workforce is aging - 77 million baby boomers are set to retire over the next several decades.
- The current lack of U.S.-trained scientists and engineers is a direct threat to the leadership of U.S. innovation.
- Only about two-thirds of all 9th graders graduate from high school within four years. And those students who do receive diplomas are too often unprepared for college or the modern workplace.
- More than 1 million students drop out of high school every year in our country.
- 40 percent of tomorrow’s jobs don’t exist today?