Six Years and a Thousand Students

Six Years & a Thousand Students Based on March, 2011 Survey of Youth on Education Conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications Stanford University http://goo.gl/0×I9M 1000 Students have graduated from your High School over the past six years (or not), They're 18 to 24 years old and attended school.. Sony PS2 and The Sims Launch XBOX 360. YouTube. Webkinz & Club Penguin Launch Sony PlayStation Nintendo N65 Launches Metal Gear Solid Launches MySpace & Skype Launch Facebook Overtakes MySpace Ipad Launched 2/3 of Teens Own a Celphone Elementary Gr K-5 Middle -- Gr 6-8 High School -- Gr 6-8 Internet Explorer Launches Blogger & Napster Launch iPod & XBOX Launch Facebook, Nintendo DS & World of Warcraft Halo 3 Launches AOL Instant Mosaic Browser allows mouse- click access to Launch Messenger Launches the Web 35 million Americans listen to music online Facebook Opens up and Twitter Launches Nintendo Releases DSi Out of your 1000 young adults 280 do not have a high school diploma. W160 of them are still trying. 720 earned high school diplomas. 482 have attended a post-secondary institution. 92 have earned What are they Studying? Bachelor's Degrees Education 43 have 2% earned Engineering & Engineering Technology 2-year Degrees 2% Communications 2% General Education 3% Social Sciences Natural Sciences & Mathematics Computer & Information Sciences 5% Arts & Humanities 9% Business Health 50% Other What are their influencers? Has hurt them either some or a lot Has helped them either some or a lot 15% 90% Your own drive & ambition 14% 90% ********** ********** Natural Ability 16% 86% Family 16% 84% Parents 15% 70% Friends 11% 68% High school teachers 7% 67% College teachers 9% | 60% Current Employer **********t 10% 58% Friends from high school *********** Family's Financial 30% Situation 47% Gender 16% 46% Home Community 10% 46% Previous Employers College Counselors 5% 41% Community or Religious Programs 9% 41% High school counselors 9% 38% Ethnicity 9% | 37% Sexual Orientation *********t What do they think? How Satisfied have You been High School College t with Your Education? Somewhat to Not at all Satisfied Very to Extremely Satisfied Overall Satisfaction 58% 42% 41% 59% Preparing for further education 44% 56% 27% 73% Practical Skills 51% 49% 27% 73% Technical Skills 52% 48% 36% 64% Prepared for the workplace 55% 45% *********** 29% 71% Help choose & prepare for career 46% 57% 28% 72% Find right college 56% 44% ******** 31% 69% Choose field of Study 59% 42% 32% 68% Tech Exposure 58% 41% 39% 60% Finding Funding 60% 39% 38% 59% Find relevant internships 67% 32% 31% 69% Which College Experiences is more worth the money? For Children Entering Elementary School Today, their schooling will be. 55% 40% 4% 51% 19% 30% Focused Focused on Equally Valuable Better Worse About the on General Same Working World Knowledge & Critical Thinking Does Education System understand your Values & Goals 8% 29% 36% 17% Completely Mostly About A Little Not at All Halfway A telephone survey of the American young adult population (ages 18-24) Interview dates: February 18 - March 6, 2011 Number of interviews: 1,104 Margin of error for the total sample: +/- 3.5 percentage points at the 95% confidence level Survey of Youth on Education Conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications Stanford University Produced by David Warlick And Basement Office Studios 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 E 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 E 1993 1992