Some data points
1. 50% of economic growth is driven by new technology.
2. 90% of new jobs require college-level education.
3. The single most important factor in determining personal income is the level of oneís education, with the most pronounced impact from graduate education.
4. Corporate leaders estimate that the ìhigh-performance workplaceî will require that 20% of a workerís time will be spent in formal education.
5. Just ask any governor who will tell you that today America faces a ìskills raceî as challenging as the ìspace raceî of the 1960s.