{"id":3479,"date":"2011-02-03T09:24:06","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T09:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floc.org\/?p=3479"},"modified":"2018-10-08T09:02:16","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T09:02:16","slug":"the-importance-of-a-post-secondary-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floc.org\/flocold2020\/the-importance-of-a-post-secondary-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of a Post-Secondary Degree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3479 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/floc.org\/flocold2020\/the-importance-of-a-post-secondary-degree\/postsec-scholars-temple\/'><img width=\"640\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/floc.org\/flocold2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/postsec-scholars-temple.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/floc.org\/flocold2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/postsec-scholars-temple.jpg 640w, https:\/\/floc.org\/flocold2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/postsec-scholars-temple-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>(Ellie Haga is FLOC\u2019s Executive Assistant and Development Associate.)<br \/>\nIn President Obama\u2019s 2011 State of the Union address he said, \u201cThink about it. Over the next ten years, nearly half of all new jobs will require education that goes beyond a high school degree. And yet, as many as a quarter of our students aren\u2019t even finishing high school. The quality of our math and science education lags behind many other nations. America has fallen to 9th in the proportion of young people with a college degree\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He goes on to say \u201cthe education race doesn\u2019t end with a high school diploma. To compete, higher education must be within reach of every American.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the growing importance of innovation and launching the U.S. back into the top spot of research, science, and technology, it becomes more critical for future generations to see education as of the utmost importance. DC Public Schools had a graduation rate of 75 percent in the 2009 school year, but at FLOC, in the past four years, 100 percent of our high school seniors have graduated and gone on to pursue a post-secondary degree.<\/p>\n<p>We are in an era where at least some college education is required for almost every job and necessary for increased earnings and stability in the workforce. A report from the U.S. Census Bureau titled \u201cThe Big Payoff: Educational Attainment and Synthetic Estimates of Work-Life Earnings\u201d reveals that adults with a high school degree can expect on average to earn $1.2 million over their working life, while those with a bachelor\u2019s degree, $2.1 million, and a master\u2019s degree $2.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s unstable economy, those who possess a college degree are also less likely to be unemployed. The U.S. Department of Labor recently released their December 2010 unemployment numbers. Those who have less than a high school diploma are three times more likely to be unemployed than those with a bachelors or higher degree (15.3 percent to 4.8 percent).<\/p>\n<p>I think it\u2019s safe to say that a post-secondary degree (whether traditional or vocational) is necessary in today\u2019s workforce. At FLOC, many of our students will be the first in their families to attend college, so it\u2019s even more important to instill a college-going mindset. Our staff is helping to do this every day, and because of this, I\u2019m confident that FLOC students will be leaders of the next generation and will have more opportunities available to them because they chose to pursue a post-secondary degree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In President Obama\u2019s 2011 State of the Union address he said, \u201cThink about it. 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