zIn
Washington State:
yWe rank 48th
out of the 50 states in
the participation
rate in public 4-year higher education (1997 federal data presented by OFM)
xWe rank 41st in upper-division enrollment – “Bachelors degree granting capacity” –
still in the
bottom 20% of states
xWe rank 4th in community college participation
yWashington’s public
higher education system is
structured for a manufacturing economy,
not an innovation economy!