This Dropout Economy comes at a huge cost in lost wages and lost
revenue.]]>"> This Dropout Economy comes at a huge cost in lost
wages and lost revenue.]]>">  Terrance Heath  The Real 'Dropout
Economy'  Filed By Terrance Heath | August 24, 2011 8:00 AM |
comments  Filed in: Living, Politics Tags: college guys, lost
revenue, lost wages  We’re living in a “Dropout Economy,” and
it’s not the post-apocalyptic, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
fantasy that seems to fuel conservative dreams of a government-
free utopia. This Dropout Economy comes at a huge cost in lost
wages and lost revenue.  Some Dropouts Do AlrightA new study
provided to Whispers from the American Institutes for Research
finds that for just one year—2002—some 40 percent didn’t
graduate, costing the federal income $566 million in potential
taxes, state governments another $164 million and the students
themselves $3.8 billion in lost income over their life.  Just
multiply that by the average dropout rate of many more college
classes and the cost of not g