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Reports and Recommendations Dr. Purcell

Reports and Recommendations Dr. Purcell. Economic changes The changing economy The Louisiana situation What we get if it all works . Slate.com. 9.7%. 22%. A Little History of the World E. H. Gombrich.

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Reports and Recommendations Dr. Purcell

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  1. Reports and Recommendations Dr. Purcell • Economic changes • The changing economy • The Louisiana situation • What we get if it all works

  2. Slate.com

  3. 9.7% 22%

  4. A Little History of the World E. H. Gombrich • Anyone who owned a mechanical loom could, with the help of one or two assistants – perhaps his wife and children – do more work than a hundred trained weavers. • So whatever became of all the weavers in a town into which a mechanical loom was introduced? . . . they woke up one day to discover that they weren’t needed any more. Everything it had taken them years to learn, first as apprentices and then as journeymen, was useless. Compression of wages Restructuring of the economy Those that adapt flourish Those that could not . . .

  5. Horace Greeley “Go west, young man.” 

  6. By the end of this decade, more than 60% of US jobs in the US will require jobs1 college education Today, 28% of Louisiana’s young adults aged 25-34 have a college degree.2 28% Is 28% enough? 1 Carnevale, T., Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2009. High-growth fields based on national projections of total new and replacement jobs. http://cew.georgetown.edu/research/jobs/79012.html 2 “College degree” means an associate degree, bachelor’s degree, or higher. National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS), 2008 (from U.S. Census Bureau, 2008 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample File.) http://www.higheredinfo.org

  7. Current percentage of young adults (25-34) with a college degree3 3 “College degree” means an associate degree, bachelor’s degree, or higher. National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS), 2008 (from U.S. Census Bureau, 2008 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample File.) http://www.higheredinfo.org

  8. Current percentage of young adults (25-34) with a college degree3 3 “College degree” means an associate degree, bachelor’s degree, or higher. National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS), 2008 (from U.S. Census Bureau, 2008 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample File.) http://www.higheredinfo.org

  9. Should public policy toward hard-pressed, economically strapped cities focus on people, not just by encouraging retraining but also by helping them relocate to places with a better job market?Or should policies focus on places, by fostering geographically targeted reinvestment?

  10. The clock of history is always ticking. We can cross our fingers and hope for the best, or we can take steps now to move toward a better, more prosperous future.

  11. civic involvement volunteer activity by education levels 50% 45.6% (60 hours) B.A. or Higher 40% 34.1%(52 hours) Some College 30% 21.7%(48 hours) Percentage Volunteering 20% High School Diploma 9.9%(48 hours) 10% Less Than High School Diploma 0% Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2003). Volunteering in the United States, 2003. USDL03-888. U.S. Department of Labor.

  12. civic involvement blood donation by education level, 1994: percentage who donate regularly 20% 17% B.A. or Higher 13% 15% 11% Percentage Donating Blood Some College High School Diploma 10% 6% 5% Less Than High School Diploma 0% Source: DBD Worldwide. (2000). DBD Lifestyle Survey. Chicago. Available at www.bowlingalone.com

  13. government participation assistance programs education level 24.3% Less Than High School Diploma 10.2% High School Diploma 4.6% Some College& Bachelor’s Degree or More Ever Participated in Assistance Programs Source: Postsecondary Education Opportunity, May 28, 1997, pg 47.

  14. government incarceration rates by education levels 2.5% 1.9% 2.0% Less Than High School Diploma 1.5% 1.2% Percentage Incarcerated High School Diploma 1.0% 0.5% 0.3% 0.1% Some College B.A. or Higher 0.0% Source: Harlow, C.W. (2003). Education and Correctional Populations. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice. NCJ195670.

  15. economic percent below poverty threshold, 2004 40% 32% 30% Less Than High School Diploma Percentage Home Ownership 20% 15% High School Diploma 10% 10% Some College 4% B.A. or Higher 0% Census Bureau

  16. economic unemployment rates and education level, 2004 9.7% 10 Less Than High School Diploma 7.5% 8 High School Diploma 6 5.1% 4.6% Some College B.A. or Higher 4 2 0 Source: Employment Policy Institute

  17. quality of Life home ownership 80% 75% B.A. or Higher 69% 66% 70% High School Diploma Percentage Home Ownership Some College 58% 60% Less Than High School Diploma 50% Census Bureau, American Housing Survey for the United States:2005

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