The ABC´s of Missouri´s Future Workforce

The great majority of Missouri´s undergraduates attend post-secondary institutions within the economic region where they graduated from high school, or in adjacent economic regions.
In the fall of 2000, 86% of Missouri´s undergraduates attended public post-secondary institutions (41% attended 2-year and 45% attended 4-year post-secondary institutions).
Between 1996 -- 2001, the largest percentages of Associates and Bachelors degrees (entry-level degrees) awarded in Missouri were awarded in business, health and social science.
Between 1996 -- 2001, the largest percentages of Masters and Doctoral degrees (advanced degrees) awarded in Missouri were awarded in business, education, law and medicine.

Kindergarten through Baccalaureate (K-16) Initiatives, seeking to impact specific regions in Missouri, must concentrate their efforts on regional elementary, middle, secondary and post-secondary institutions in order to have the desired effect on students of those regions.
Missouri´s businesses should be encouraged to consult their regional post-secondary institutions on the training of current and prospective employees. Economies of scale in training and improved expansion planning may be realized by Missouri businesses.
Missouri is well prepared across a broad range of expertise to support growth in the life science industries.
Missouri´s production of engineers, mathematicians and computer scientists must be increased if it is to meet the needs of information technology and advanced manufacturing.