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Breaking with Tradition:Adult Learners are Essential to
Illinois’ 60X25 Goal
For more information, please contact:Mary Kay Devine
Difference in Median Earnings Between a High School Diploma and a Bachelors Degree›25 to 64 Year Olds
More Education Means Less Unemployment
to ensure that 60% of adults have a college credential by
2025 – is vital to our state and its residents.
To remain globally competitive, the U.S. and each state should ensure that at least 60% of adults ages 25 to 64 have an associate or bachelor's degree by 2025.
In Illinois, the current rate is 41.3%.
Illinois’ 60 X 25 Goal -
Substantially increasing our completion rate means increasing our state revenue.
By meeting the performance of the top states, Illinois can generate increased annual revenues that far exceed higher education costs.
Increased Completion: Impact on State Revenue
Under current postsecondary investment patterns, Illinois' state revenues will decrease by about $140 million in 2025.
Adults currently in the workforce are vital to meeting the 60 X 25 goal.
If we improve our high school graduation rates to 100% and ALSO manage to raise our college going rate from 57.4% to 95%, we would still end up short of our goal. And while ensuring every high school student graduates is a worthy goal, it is unlikely to happen.
So How Will We Do It?By helping more working age adults earn college credentials:
We cannot meet our completion goals with high school students alone.
1,866,386 students expected to graduate from high school from 2013-2025
How do the numbers add up?
High school projections derived from 2011-2012 District Summary from Illinois State Board of Education.Original source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey and 2011 Current Population Survey.
3,111,005 adults age 25-54 without a college degree includes adults with:
Some Postsecondary Education, No DegreeOnly a HS Degree/GEDWithout a HS Degree/GED
We need to target adults to return to school and complete certificates and degrees.
If we increase the number of 20-39 year olds enrolled in college by just two percentage points from 1.22% to 3.2%, we are more than halfway to our goal - we’ll gain 344,000 credentials.
Our current workforce is essential to meeting our goal