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Next Steps: Preparing a Quality Workforce

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  • Stephen Coelen
  • Sevin Rende
  • Doug Fulton

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Weaknesses of the continuum from high school education into the Connecticut workforce include the following: (1) Too many highly qualified high school students do not go on to college at all; (2) Too many high school students neglect to apply to in-State colleges or are not accepted in the in-State college of their choice; leaving the State, they often remain in their out-of-state community to work; (3) Too many additional students transfer from in-State to Out-of-State colleges during college and these, in great numbers, do not return to Connecticut in their post college years; (4) Too many students, wherever trained, may start in the Connecticut labor market but fail to stay in Connecticut employment for very long; and (5) Too many, starting college, fail to complete college, making college an expensive and uncertain proposition, while improving students' completion rates would promote greater efficiency in the use of student and State resources.

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  • Stephen Coelen & Sevin Rende & Doug Fulton, 2008. "Next Steps: Preparing a Quality Workforce," CCEA Studies 2008-April-01, University of Connecticut, Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis.
    • Handle: RePEc:uct:cceast:2008-apr-01
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    Keywords

    high school education; college education; workplace success; CAPT testing; SAT testing;
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    • I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education

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