PUBLIC PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION

Future of Public Personnel Administration

Future of Public Personnel Administration

Income of U.S. Workforce projected to decline if education doesn't improve

If current trends continue, the proportion of workers with high school diplomas and college degrees will decrease and the personal income of Americans will decline over the next 15 years. Substantial increases in those segments of America's young population with the lowest level of education, combined with the coming retirement of the baby boomers—the most highly educated generation in U.S. history— are projected to lead to a drop in the average level of education of the U.S. workforce ...