claim: "only 20 percent of our current graduates from texas high schools go ahead and achieve either a national certificate or a community college degree -- or a college degree."
author: tom luce
evidence_1: what percentage of undergraduate students attend community colleges? in fall  2017 ... what percentage of community college students obtain a college  credential? ... what are the costs of providing remedial education? ... how many  students who take developmental education courses go on to complete a college  degree?
evidence_2: jul 27, 2015 ... today, nearly half of all students who begin college do not graduate within six ...  at a time when jobs can go anywhere in the world, skills and education will ...  earn 66 percent more than those with only a high school diploma; and are ... too  many recent college graduates feel the weight of their student loan ...
evidence_3: the tsi assessment (tsia) is part of the texas success initiative program ...  based on how you perform, you may either be enrolled in a college-level ... in a  certificate program of one year or less (level one certificates) at a public  institution. ... there are approximately 20 items on the tsi placement test and 10  items in each ...
evidence_4: recovery: job growth and education requirements through 2020 ... 36 percent of  the job openings will not require education beyond high school. 5. ... source:  georgetown center on education and the workforce analysis ... 35 percent of job  openings will require at least a bachelor's degree; ... master's degree or higher.
evidence_5: the situation of hispanic educational attainment is cause for national concern. ...  today, most parents and their children believe that a college degree is necessary  ... this is especially the case for hispanic high school students, particularly those  .... for example, only 47 percent of hispanics who primarily speak spanish find ...