2013 OECD Education at a Glance implications

The 2013 OECD Education at a Glance report documented the positive impact on employability of receiving a university degree.  However, it also reflected a continuing decline in the proportion of young adults in the U.S.A. completing a university education (43 percent of 25- to 34-year-olds compared to the OECD average of 39 percent), resulting in it being number 12 internationally, significantly below the 64 percent figure boasted by South Korea, the world leader.

In relation to countries hosting internatinoal students for study, the U.S.A. leads with 17% of the total number of 4.3 million in 2011.  The bad news, with no policy or strategies to guide practice in hosting international students, the U.S.A. has slipped 6% from its 2000 high, with the exodus moving to Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Spain, South Korea, and the United Kingdom in small proportional increases for each.