WHO ARE ADULTS WITH LOW SKILLS?
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About one in six ages 16-65
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One-third are aged less than 35
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Two-thirds of young (16-24) adults are men
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One-third are immigrants
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Nearly three-fourths are black or Hispanic
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Nearly two-thirds work, but earn comparatively low wages
WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM HIGHER SKILLS?
Individuals and Families
- The economic payoff to individuals for higher skills is greater in the United States than in almost any other industrialized country.
- Increasing parents’ skills can improve education outcomes for their children.
- Higher-skilled adults are healthier, with implications for their ability to work, parent, and participate in their communities.
Business and Industry
- Increasing adult skills increases productivity.
- Because higher-skilled workers are also likely to be healthier, helping adults improve their skills indirectly raises productivity.
- Increasing skills expands access to employment and better-paying jobs, creating new customers for products and services.
Communities
- Low-skilled Americans are motivated to get ahead.
- Raising adult skills could lift community educational attainment for the next generation as well.
- States with better-educated workforces have higher economic growth and higher wages.
- Raising adult skills could potentially save communities substantial amounts in healthcare costs.
- Integrating immigrants may benefit communities economically.
- Raising adult skills could result in more civic engagement in communities.
Source
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education. (2015, February). Making Skills Everyone’s Business: A Call to Transform Adult Learning in the United States. Washington, D.C.: Author.
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