More Data Connection: Citizens

By John O. Harney

From time to time, we revive the collection of facts and figures called “Data Connection” that we had published quarterly for nearly 20 years in the print editions of The New England Journal of Higher Education (formerly Connection).

The latest …

Percentage of 18-24-year-olds who attended a political demonstration or march in 2016: 5% Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University’s Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life

Percentage who did so in 2018: 15% Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University’s Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life

Percentage of Americans who can pass a multiple choice test consisting of items taken from the U.S. Citizenship Test: 36% Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation

Percentage who didn’t know how many justices serve on the U.S. Supreme Court: 57% Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation

Number of women who had won the Nobel Prize in physics before Donna Strickland shared the 2018 prize for creating technology that generates high-intensity, ultra-short laser pulses, which are used for eye surgeries and material sciences: 2 Todd Adams, Florida State University, The Conversation

Preliminary average starting salary for Class of 2018 graduates: is $50,004 National Association of Colleges and Employers Fall 2018 Salary Survey

Preliminary average starting salary for computer and information sciences graduates in the Class of 2018: $73,768 National Association of Colleges and Employers Fall 2018 Salary Survey

Percentage of college graduates who say an undergraduate mentor provided advice on academic issues: 92% 2018 Strada-Gallup Alumni Survey

Percentage of college graduates who say an undergraduate mentor provided advice on the student’s career: 90% 2018 Strada-Gallup Alumni Survey

Percentage who say an undergraduate mentor provided advice on the student’s physical or mental health: 53% 2018 Strada-Gallup Alumni Survey

Percentage of college students who struggle with a mental illness: 35% American Psychological Association

For earlier installments of “Data Connection,” see:

Numbers Game … More Data Connection

Data Connection: New England’s Patriots and More

More Data Connection: Peace in the Valley? Scientists and Kids

Data Connection: State Work, Guns, Sports

Return to Data Connection: Stats on NE Education, Economy, Life

Former print editions at NEJHE Archives

John O. Harney is executive editor of The New England Journal of Higher Education.

Painting of Kuniyoshi From Out of the Sky by Montserrat College professor Timothy Harney.


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