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The fact is, Maine
has one of the top high school completion rates in the country. Yet only
50% of our students go on to college and fewer still graduate with a
degree. This leaves Maine
with an education gap and many lost opportunities, including:
- Fewer companies
expanding in Maine
- A loss of skilled,
high-paying jobs
- An out-migration of
young people
- Lower per capita income
- Decreased civic
involvement
Simply put, the jobs of the Knowledge Economy require college degrees
- and only 37% of Maine
working-age adults have them.
In the old economy, finishing high school was the minimum requirement
for all young people. Now, we face the opportunity - the obligation - to
raise the bar: to make college attainment as universal as high school
attainment is today. It's time to change our expectations about higher
education in Maine.
To read more about the Maine Compact for Higher Education's Action
Plan for raising college attainment, click below:
 Our Action Plan and Best
Practices Directory are in the Adobe Acrobat PDF format. To view it, you
need to have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader program installed. Version 7.0 is recommended for optimal viewing.
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