TAILIEUCHUNG - More Better? The Impact of Postsecondary Education on the Economic and Social Well-Being of American Society

Figures from the KIEA, combined and put another way, tell us this: While women make up more than 50 percent of the . adult population, and about 46 percent of the civilian workforce, they account for only about 35 percent of the people who get involved in starting businesses. (This number agrees fairly closely with other figures, not shown in the table above, which find that of all privately held firms in the , about 29 percent are ―women-owned‖ and another 12 percent are ―equally owned‖ by women and men.) So women lag at the. | Educational Policy Institute Is More Better The Impact of Postsecondary Education on the Economic and Social Well-Being of American Society Adriane Williams Watson Scott Swail Supported by a grant by the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation May 2005 American Higher Education Report Series The Educational Policy INSTITUTE The Educational Policy Institute Inc. EPI is a non-profit non-partisan and non-governmental organization dedicated to policy-based research on educational opportunity for all students. With offices in Washington DC Toronto Ontario and Melbourne Australia EPI is a collective association of researchers and policy analysts from around the world dedicated to the mission of enhancing our knowledge of critical barriers facing students and families throughout the educational pipeline. The mission of EPI is to expand educational opportunity for low-income and other historically-underrepresented students through high-level research and analysis. By providing educational leaders and policymakers with the information required to make prudent programmatic and policy decisions we believe that the doors of opportunity can be further opened for all students resulting in an increase in the number of students prepared for enrolled in and completing postsecondary education. For more information about the Educational Policy Institute please visit our website EPI International 25 Ludwell Lane Stafford VA 22554 877 e-POLICY EPI Canada 77 Bloor Street West Suite 1701 Toronto ON M5S 1M2 416 848-0215 EPI Australasia 174 Wingrove St Fairfield 3078 Melbourne Australia 61 3 9486 1334 email info@ About the Authors Adriane Williams is a Research Associate with the Educational Policy Institute. She began her career as a Research Specialist for the Council of the Great City Schools an urban school advocacy organization and then became a high school teacher. Her areas of research interest include the role of middle schools in preparing the

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