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Article: HALF-CENTURY OF LEARNING: HISTORICAL STATISTICS ON EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT IN UNITED STATES: 1940 TO 2000

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April 6, 2006
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The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of the Census issued the following press release:

In 1940, statistics on educational attainment were collected for every person enumerated in the census and from a sample of them thereafter. In 1940, only 25 percent of the population age 25 and older had a high school diploma, and just 5 percent earned a bachelor's degree or more. By the close of the 20th century, these figures had ...

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