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November 8. 2006
June Canty
Professor
Promotes
Standards
A professor and director o f E du
cation Program s at W ashington
State U niversity-V ancouver was
recently appointed by Gov. C hris
tine (iregoire to the Professional
Education Standards Board.
June C anty represents higher
e d u c a tio n on th e p a n e l. T h e
board's mission is to bring greater
focus tocertilled education profes
sionals and evaluate requirem ents
for new teachers prior to state cer
tification.
“The decisions this board makes
have a huge impact on all o f our
education students," Canty said.
“ It’scritical they m akegood, sound
decisions and I want to help guide
those decisions.
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photo by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
Banning on Our Future — Savings certificates matched by Bank of the West are proudly held by King Elementary financial literacy students. Pictured (back row.
from left) are Johnathan Wilson, sixth grade: Marvin Cobb of Banking on Our Future: Clarence Bethune, Umpqua Bank; Mike Rasmussen o f Bank of the West'
and David Bell of Operation Hope. Also pictured (front row. from left) are Duane Lewis, sixth grade: students Ashley Cooper and Kiasha Causey; King Assistant
Principal Harriette Jackson and Principal DaDrena Rhodes. See story, Career and Education front page.
Survey Shows College Education Pays
Fred Meyer
Degree worth
$23,000 a year
(AP) - How much is a bachelor's
degree worth? About $23,(MX) a
year. That is the average gap in
e a rn in g s b etw een a d u lts w ith
bachelor's degrees and those with
high school diplom as, according to
the latest data from the Census
Bureau.
3k,
Col lege graduates made an aver
age o f $51.554 in 2(MM, the most
recent figures available, com pared
with $28,645 for adults with a high
school diplom a. High school drop
outs earned an average o f $ 19 ,169
and those with advanced college
degrees made an average of $78,093.
'T h ere appear to be strong in
centives to get a college degree,
given the gaps that we observe,"
said Lisa Barrow, senior economist
at the Federal Reserve Bank of
Chicago.
T h e in c o m e g a p n a rro w e d
slightly from five years earlier, when
eol lege graduates made nearly twice
College graduates made an average o f $51,554 in 2004, the
as much as high school graduates.
most recent figures available from the Census Bureau.
But the differences remained sig
nificant for men and women o f ev to succeed in college.
W ashington. D.C., had at least a
ery racial and ethnic group.
"If you don't em erge from high bachelor's degree.
Eighty-five percent o f people 25 school having done at least the
W est Virginia had the lowest
and older had at least a high school equivalent o f advanced algebra, proportion of college graduates, at
diplom a or the equivalent in 2(X)5, you are not going to be ready for 15 percent. It was follow ed at the
according to the Census Bureau's college math," Finn said. "Y oucan bottom by Arkansas. Kentucky and
2(M)5Current Population Survey. In make sim ilar points about English." Louisiana.
2(MXI. 80 percent had a high school
Among the other findings in the
diplom a or the equivalent, and a report:
little more than half did in 1970.
Minnesota, Utah. Montana, New
Twenty-eight percent had at least I lampshire and Alaska had the high
a bachelor's degree, com pared with est proportions o f adults with at
about 24 percent in 2(MX) and 11 least a high school diplom a — all at
percent in 1970.
about 92 percent.
"I think w e’ve done a very good
Texas had the lowest proportion
jo b o f getting individuals into co l o f adults with at least a high school
lege," said C ecilia Rouse, profes diplom a, about 78 percent. It was
sor o f econom ics and public affairs followed closely by Kentucky and
at Princeton University. "But we M ississippi.
don't fully understand why w edon't
C onnecticut was the state with
do as good a jo b o f graduating the highest proportion o f adults
them."
with at least a bachelor's degree,
C hester Einn, president o f the nearly 37 percent. It was followed
T hom as B. Fordham Institute in closely by M assachusetts, M ary
W ashington, said too many high land and New Jersey.
school graduates are unprepared
Nearly 47 percent o f adults in
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