Report: More metro Detroit high school grads are not college ready
Metro Detroit is slipping in its effort to produce a well-educated workforce, a trend that could saddle the region s economy with fewer jobs, lower incomes and slower growth.
Those were the findings of a new report titled the State of Education from the Detroit Regional Chamber. The Youth Policy Lab at the University of Michigan analyzed several years of confidential student data maintained by the Michigan Education Data Center and found:
Just 36% of the region s high school graduates are considered college ready, down from 40% four years earlier.
32% of high school graduates did not enroll to further their education, up from 27% four years earlier.