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Summer 2016

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Table of contents

Summer 2016

Executive summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Study highlights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Findings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Regional economic trends. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

21st century skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Educational attainment, wages, and poverty . . . . . . . . 13

Educational paths to living-wage jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . 14

The leaky pipeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Nurturing engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Enhancing quality education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Personal pathways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Works cited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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