The Effects of Dropping Out. The Costs to the Nation of Inadequate Education: A Report Prepared for the Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity of the United States Senate; Excerpts from "Youth in Transition, Volume 3: Dropping Out--Problem or Symptom?"

Autor/inn/en	Levin, Henry M.; Bachman, Jerald G.
Institution	Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity.
Titel	The Effects of Dropping Out. The Costs to the Nation of Inadequate Education: A Report Prepared for the Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity of the United States Senate; Excerpts from "Youth in Transition, Volume 3: Dropping Out--Problem or Symptom?"
Quelle	(1972), (104 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Crime; Dropouts; Economic Factors; Educational Finance; Educational Needs; Educationally Disadvantaged; Health Needs; High School Graduates; Income; National Surveys; Policy Formation; Political Affiliation; Public Policy; Taxes; Welfare + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Ökonomischer Faktor; Bildungsfonds; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Einkommen; Politische Betätigung; Politisches Interesse; Öffentliche Ordnung; Abgabe
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to estimate the costs to the nation of the inadequate education of a substantial portion of the population, where an inadequate education for the latter third of the twentieth century was defined as an attainment of less than high school graduation. Using data from the Department of Commerce and other sources in conjunction with extensive research literature from the social sciences, this report obtained the following findings: (1) the failure to attain a minimum of high school completion among the population of males 25 to 34 years of age in 1969 was estimated to cost the nation 237 billion dollars in income over the lifetime of these men, and 71 billion dollars in foregone government revenues; (2) in contrast, the probable costs of having provided a minimum of high school completion for this group of men was estimated to be about 40 billion dollars; (3) welfare expenditures attributable to inadequate education are estimated to be about three billion dollars each year and are probably increasing over time; (4) the costs to the nation of crime that is related to inadequate education appears to be about three billion dollars a year and rising; and, (5) inadequate education also inflicts burdens on the nation in the form of reduced political participation and intergenerational mobility, as well as higher incidence of disease. It is difficult to attempt any monetary estimate of these costs. (Author/JM)
Anmerkungen	Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 ($0.45)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01