Figures Intertwined … Revisiting Data Connection

Decline from 2019 to 2020 in number of high school graduates who went to college immediately after high school: 22% The National Student Clearinghouse

Decline from 2019 to 2020 in college enrollment rates for students from high-income high schools: 17% The National Student Clearinghouse

Decline for students from low-income high schools: 29% The National Student Clearinghouse

Of associate and bachelor’s degree-seeking students who did not change their instruction modality due to the pandemic, percentage who describe the quality of their education as excellent or very good: 86%  Lumina Foundation and Gallup

Of associate and bachelor’s degree-seeking students who received more instruction online than prior to the pandemic, percentage who describe the quality of their education as excellent or very good: 80% Lumina Foundation and Gallup

Of associate and bachelor’s degree students who moved from completely in-person to completely online learning due to the pandemic, percentage who describe the quality of their education as excellent or very good: 71% Lumina Foundation and Gallup

Percentage of Americans who favor amending the U.S. Constitution to replace the Electoral College with a popular vote system: 61% Gallup

Number of consecutive years that the nonprofit Milken Institute has ranked Massachusetts No. 1 in the U.S. for science and tech capabilities based on 105 metrics, including R&D expenditures, patents and graduates with four-year degrees: 19 Milken Institute State Technology and Science Index

U.S. ranks of other New England states on this index: New Hampshire 7th, Connecticut 12th, Rhode Island 23rd, Vermont 28th, Maine 43rd Milken Institute State Technology and Science Index

Share of full-time TV reporters and anchors, sports radio hosts, play-by-play announcers, analysts, and newspaper and website reporters and columnists in Greater Boston who are Black: 10% Boston Globe

Share of of sports media people in Greater Boston who are female: 10% Boston Globe