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Article: New England's graduate education advantage
- Article from:
- The New England Journal of Higher Education
- Article date:
- April 1, 2002
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright New England Board of Higher Education Spring 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Though growing only slowly overall, New England has outperformed the other eight U.S. census regions by virtually every measure of per-capita income and productivity growth. The productivity and income strengths are interrelated and both strongly correlated to New England's advantages in higher education. These relationships-- education to productivity and income to education and productivity-are increasingly relevant in a knowledgebased global economy where human capital is the key to industrial and regional economic advantage.
New England ranks first among regions in the percentage of people age 25 and over who have associates, bachelor's and graduate or professional degrees, and first ...