This document discusses increasing higher education attainment in the United States. It notes that the US needs to increase the production of college graduates by 40% by 2025 to reach a higher education attainment rate of 60%. Charts show trends in higher education attainment in different age groups and US states compared to other countries. One chart breaks down the composition of the US population by race and ethnicity from 2000 to 2050.

1. Increasing Higher Education Attainment: The Emerging Agenda for Policy, Practice, and Research Dewayne Matthews Vice President for Policy and Strategy Lumina Foundation for Education

2. Percent of adults with a postsecondary degree 55-64 Source: OECD Condition of Education 2008

3. Percent of adults with a postsecondary degree 45-54 Source: OECD Condition of Education 2008

4. Percent of adults with a postsecondary degree 35-44 Source: OECD Condition of Education 2008

5. Percent of adults with a postsecondary degree 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64 Source: OECD Condition of Education 2008

6. 54 52 50 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 Canada Japan Korea Massachusetts Minnesota North Dakota Connecticut/Colorado/New York New Jersey/Vermont/New Hampshire Illinois/Maryland/Nebraska Virginia/Iowa Wisconsin/RI/SD/WA Pennsylvania/Kansas/Delaware Hawaii Utah/Montana Michigan/North Carolina/Georgia Ohio/MO/OR/WY/CA/FL/ME Indiana Idaho/South Carolina/Arizona Texas/Alabama/Tennessee/Alaska Oklahoma Kentucky/New Mexico Mississippi/Louisiana West Virginia/Arkansas Nevada Norway/Ireland/Belgium United States/ Australia/Spain/Sweden Denmark/France Finland Netherlands Iceland/Switzerland Greece Germany Mexico/Austria U.K. Luxembourg Poland Hungary/Portugal New Zealand

7. 52 50 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 64 60 56 52 48 44 40 36 32 28 24 20 16 12 8 Hamilton Monroe Tippecanoe Marion/Hendricks/Warrick Boone Allen/St. Joseph/Hancock LaGrange/Crawford Scott Switzerland/Fayette Parke Pike/Owens/Jennings Starke/Noble/Clinton Indiana counties Canada Japan Korea Norway/Ireland/Belgium United States/ Australia/Spain/Sweden Denmark/France Finland Netherlands Iceland/Switzerland Greece Germany Mexico/Austria U.K. Luxembourg Poland Hungary/Portugal New Zealand Italy/Slovak Republic Czech Republic Turkey

8. United States Canada Sweden Finland Norway Korea Ireland Spain Denmark Belgium Percentage of new entrants to the labor market that have completed higher education Source: OECD Education at a Glance 2007

9. Composition of the U.S. population, 2000 to 2050 Source: United States Census Bureau White, non-Hispanic Hispanic Black Asian Other

10. Reaching 60% attainment by 2025 Graduates already in the workforce 31,000,000 New graduates from immigration 6,400,000 New graduates at current rates of production 41,000,000 New graduates needed 16,200,000 To reach a higher education attainment rate of 60% by 2025, the U.S. needs to increase the production of college graduates by 40%.

11. Expenditures per student, 2004 Instructional and non-instructional Source: OECD 2007