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Article: The high school graduation rate.(Precis)(Report)
- Article from:
- Monthly Labor Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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The U.S. high school graduation rate--the proportion of the population that has graduated from high school--is an important social and economic statistic. It has long been understood that more education generally means greater prosperity, on both an individual and societal level. A high school diploma is often considered the minimum level of education needed in today's competitive labor market. Throughout much of the 20th century, the high school graduation rate steadily increased, with the members of each successive generation more likely to have graduated from high school than those in the preceding one. In the last several decades, however, the rate has risen more ...