A majority of NFTE alumni respondents were attending or had finished college, and 91 percent of college finishers completed a four-year degree or higher¶

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q2 i? Among respondents no longer in high school, 58 percent were currently attending college and 21 percent had graduated from college; 91 percent of those who finished college completed a four-year degree or higher. → Nakamoto 2017

Evidence¶

Nakamoto 2017¶

Nakamoto, J. & Rice, J. (2017). Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) 2016 Alumni Survey Findings. San Francisco, CA: WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED582976

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Descriptive survey analysis of alumni respondents. The report also states 91 percent of respondents who finished college completed a four-year degree or higher, and 38 percent majored in business, twice the national average it cites.

"the majority of survey respondents who were no longer enrolled in high school are currently attending college (58 percent) or graduated from college (21 percent)"

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