on the state that is considering changing the status of some students to be called a dropout. Some of the students though are supposed to be picking up a high school diploma this week.

on college students aged 18-24.

poll highlights:

74% say they are somewhat or very happy about how things are going in your life in general.

39% say they have some or a lot of concerns of getting into grad school, that is up 6% from last year.

27% say they will work a permanent job in the summer this year, 20% of the same people polled said they did it last year.

36% will take summer classes this year, 25% of the same people polled said they did it last year.

38% polled are somewhat or very worried that they will not get a job or internship this year.
57% though are somewhat or very worried after graduation of not finding a job.

33% say they are worried alot about their parents finances.

65% are a little or alot worried about having enough money to make to the end of the week with enough money.

48% say they are somewhat or very worried about not having enough money to pay for school expenses next year.

12% said they have changed majors in hopes of better job prospects.

Also I am including this AP article with video talking with some college students and they are doing to pay for college.

with a report out looking at college students from the state of North Carolina in the 2006 year.

Around 30% of graduating high school students went to a UNC school. The report showcased five areas specifically and Wake has the best graduation rate over a five year period.

looking at schools in the Chicago Area.

This report says for 2008 no high school met Illinois state standard of performance and that all 56,949 students attending these schools need better performing high school options.

They found that schools in the west past of Chicago and in the southern part of Chicago are in the most need of better schools.

They showcase 17 areas in Chicago that have wound up on both the 2004 list and 2008 list for areas that need better schools.

saying that USA is lagging in Bioscience education in middle and high schools.

The report really looks at NAEP scores and other test scores.

This report also looks at state standards for bioscience which is what the report should have focused more on. That section shows very little in forced standards a student must learn for bioscience.

The problem here is unless a states forces a student to take a bioscience filled class all a student will wind up taking if forced is a basic biology class which is not going to meet what Battelle is looking for.

are out….

The first report looks at the benefits of going to college.

They found that people in Georgia with a Bachelor’s degree make almost twice the amount of people in Georgia with a high school diploma.

They showcase having a bachelor’s degree will increase salary over time vrs. someone with only a high school degree and that from 2000-2007 people with only a high school degree saw a whole lot less job gains compared with people that had a bachelor’s degree. Public assistance spending is way down for people that have at least a bachelor’s degree. 30% of high school only grads live in poverty vrs less than 5% for people with at least a bachelor’s.

The second one showcases the economic impact to Georgia due to the colleges in the Atlanta area.