Intro

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Intro

• The Changing World of Work
• for Men (and Women)
• Council for Opportunity in Education
• New York City, New York
• September 8, 2006
• Tom Mortenson
• Senior Scholar,
• The Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity
  in Higher Education
• Higher Education Policy Analyst,
• Postsecondary Education OPPORTUNITY

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Issues
Four Issues

• The changing world of work
• Measures of male welfare
• The education pipeline
• Higher education degrees awarded

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Changing World of Work
1. The Changing World of Work

• Employment by Industry
• Income by Education

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Measures of Male Welfare

• 2. Measures of Male Welfare

• Labor force participation
• Voting rates/civic engagement
• Families with children and fathers present
• Suicide among 18 to 24 year olds
• Incarceration

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• 3. Education Pipeline

• Live births
• Population and enrollment
• Enrollment rates by age
• Time use of college freshmen
• Undergraduate enrollment
• Attainment by 25 to 29 years

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Degrees Awarded to Males
4. Higher Education Degrees Awarded to Males

• 39 percent of associate degrees
• 43 percent of bachelors degrees
• 41 percent of masters degrees
• 52 percent of doctors degrees

Remember Males are 51 percent of the college age
population
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Resources
Resources
www.postsecondary.org www.boysproject.net tom_at_post
secondary.org