1. Facts about the American Education System

2. Quick Facts College Enrollment Total 17.5 million 7.5 million males 9.9 millionfemales

3. Students Earning College Degrees 2005 MaleFemale All Degrees2850 Associates (1,000)268429 Bachelor's (1,000)613826 Masters's (1,000)234341 First professional (1,000)4443 Doctoral (1,000)2726

4. Total expenses 4 year institutions 2000 Public $8,653Private $21,856 2010 Public $15,014Private $32,790 http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=76

5. Tuition Increases From 2000 to 2010 Public institution prices increased 73% Private institution prices increased 50%

6. Educational Attainment 1960 41% high school graduates or higher 7.7% college graduates or higher 2009 86.7% high school graduates or higher 29.5% college graduates or higher http://huebler.blogspot.com/2011/01/usa.html

7. US versus SC US 86.7% high school graduates or higher 29.5% college graduates or higher SC 81.7% high school graduates or higher 25.0% college graduates or higher

8. Education

9. Public 4 year Tuition to PCI

10. Tuition Hikes

11. Higher Ed vs K-12 Expenditure Growth

12. Student Fees and Athletics CONFERENCE: Percentage of Athletics Program Covered by Student Fees Profit/Loss Averages by Conference Total NCAA Distribution (2010-2011) Percentage of Total NCAA Div I Funding ATLANTIC COAST8.46%$1,456,260$38,724,7628.10% BIG 121.42%$6,419,675$35,949,3807.52% BIG EAST11.80%$887,210$44,074,1629.22% BIG TEN0.45%$7,021,941$42,691,3688.93% PACIFIC-102.17%$6,372,645$33,586,7467.03% SOUTHEASTERN2.58%$7,293,353$33,671,0537.04% AMERICA EAST31.31%$112,543$9,168,4241.92% ATLANTIC 1028.89%$1,330,936$15,379,5683.22% ATLANTIC SUN55.73%$335,286$4,553,6050.95% BIG SKY16.61%$72,229$7,023,4061.47% BIG SOUTH51.70%$145,835$6,692,7431.40% BIG WEST32.44%$257,917$7,915,0971.66% COLONIAL ATHLETIC61.92%$563,286$13,243,6762.77% CONFERENCE USA21.42%$51,518$20,445,4934.28% HORIZON LEAGUE31.12%($272,749)$9,320,6181.95% MID-AMERICAN38.47%$1,345,901$15,839,9693.31% MID EASTERN ATHLETIC46.28%$199,651$7,279,6521.52% MISSOURI VALLEY27.74%$386,443$10,993,4142.30% MOUNTAIN WEST10.96%($295,572)$16,702,7983.49% NORTHEAST0.00%$510,906$8,681,4921.82% OHIO VALLEY19.56%$108,133$7,786,6601.63% SOUTHERN47.23%$40,083$9,031,8831.89% SOUTHLAND36.20%$68,664$7,521,8821.57% SOUTHWESTERN20.13%$241,527$7,153,5271.50% SUN BELT33.15%($754,013)$12,925,8362.70% THE SUMMIT LEAGUE18.02%($28,044)$6,782,0461.42% WEST COAST24.14%($797,440)$7,712,5281.61% WESTERN ATHLETIC10.09%($147,643)$11,798,4642.47% TOTAL$477,955,000 Note: IVY Group, Metro Atlantic Athletic, Patriot League, and Independents were excluded due to the fact that all members were private institutions

13. Why get a degree? Money

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15. The NACE Summer 2007 Salary Survey reports the following average starting salaries for various college degrees MajorStarting SalaryIncrease Chemical engineering$59,361 Computer science$56,201 Electrical engineering$55,292 Information sciences$50,852 Accounting$46,718 Marketing$40,161 Political science$34,590 History$33,768 English$32,553 Sociology$32,033 Psychology$31,631

18. Education and Wages The Education Wage Premium

19. Is the expense of college worth it? The lifetime financial payoff of a college degree was estimated at $.9 million in 2000, or $1.24 million in 2012 dollars (Day and Newburger, 2002). Levin et. al (2007) estimate a lifetime increase in earnings of between $950,000 and $1,387,000 for men high school dropouts and college graduates. Levin, H. M., Belfield, C., Muennig, P., & Rouse, C. (2007). The costs and benefits of an excellent education for all of America’s children. New York:Teachers College Press. Day, J.C., & Newburger, E.C. (2002). The Big Payoff: Educational Attainment and Synthetic Estimates of Work-Life Earnings. (Current Population Reports, Special Studies, P23-210). Washington, DC: Commerce Dept., Economics and Statistics Administration, Census Bureau. [On-Line]. Available: http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/p23-210.pdfhttp://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/p23-210.pdf

21. Unemployment Rate by Race

22. Education and Race

23. IT’S YOUR MAJOR, NOT YOUR ALMA MATER

24. Why get a degree? Job Security

26. Why get a degree? Social Status Job Enjoyment Career Options Meet people Surprisingly, 83 percent of the women surveyed said getting married was one of their most important goals, and 63 percent said they believed they would meet their future spouse in college. However, the report said this is a sobering statistic considering there are an average of only 79 men per 100 women on college campuses. Avoid Working Gain Maturity

27. Is it always worth it to go to college? Costs benefit analysis

28. Why are more women attending school than men? Why are African American females the largest growing group in American institutions? Opportunity costs

29. Employers And Other Entities Covered By EEO Laws Discriminatory Practices Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), it is illegal to discriminate in any aspect of employment, including:Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Americans with Disabilities ActAge Discrimination in Employment Act hiring and firing; compensation, assignment, or classification of employees; transfer, promotion, layoff, or recall; job advertisements; recruitment; testing; use of company facilities; training and apprenticeship programs; fringe benefits; pay, retirement plans, and disability leave; or other terms and conditions of employment.

30. Discriminatory practices under these laws also include: harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or age; retaliation against an individual for filing a charge of discrimination, participating in an investigation, or opposing discriminatory practices; employment decisions based on stereotypes or assumptions about the abilities, traits, or performance of individuals of a certain sex, race, age, religion, or ethnic group, or individuals with disabilities; and denying employment opportunities to a person because of marriage to, or association with, an individual of a particular race, religion, national origin, or an individual with a disability. Title VII also prohibits discrimination because of participation in schools or places of worship associated with a particular racial, ethnic, or religious group. Employers are required to post notices to all employees advising them of their rights under the laws EEOC enforces and their right to be free from retaliation. Such notices must be accessible, as needed, to persons with visual or other disabilities that affect reading.notices