from february 6th i will be doing 10-16 hours study per week as part of my open universiity degree. i chose to go this route because i need to continue working. but my aim is to get the english literature degree i need to become a teacher - either for primary (grades 1-7 for any americans) or adult.

so i may not be around too much or writing much poetry while this is going on.

all the best for whatever you intend doing in 2010

daryl

States With The Lowest Percentage Of College Degree Holders

According to a new report (PDF) released by the Lumina Foundation for Education,

 America still falls short of the educational attainment goal outlined by the foundation in 2008 -- for 60 percent of adults to hold high-quality degrees by 2025.
As the report details, America's educational achievement has stalled compared to the rest of the world:


See full report  pdf

http://www.luminafoundation.org/publications/A_stronger_nation.pdf


Currently, 37.9 percent of American adults have degrees.
 According to the report, the U.S. would have to increase the number of degrees awarded every year by 278,000 to reach the 2025 goal.


In America
59 percent of Asian adults
42 percent of non-Hispanic white adults have earned college degrees,
only 26 percent of black adults,
23 percent of American Indian adults,
and 19 percent of Hispanic adults have done so, the report says.


West Virginia  Percentage of adults with college degrees: 25.6

Arkansas   Percentage of adults with college degrees: 26.5

Louisiana   Percentage of adults with college degrees: 27

Kentucky   Percentage of adults with college degrees: 29.2

Mississippi   Percentage of adults with college degrees: 29.3

Nevada      Percentage of adults with college degrees: 30.1

Oklahoma   Percentage of adults with college degrees: 31.3

Tennessee   Percentage of adults with college degrees: 31.3

Alabama      Percentage of adults with college degrees: 31.6

Texas        Percentage of adults with college degrees: 33.3

Indiana     Percentage of adults with college degrees: 33.4

New Mexico   Percentage of adults with college degrees: 33.4

Arizona       Percentage of adults with college degrees: 34.4

South Carolina   Percentage of adults with college degrees: 34.4

Idaho          Percentage of adults with college degrees: 34.8