A recent survey found that 33% of Americans had no plans for their future, whether they had graduated from high school/college.
Most American are unprepared for the real world after college
A poll of 2,000 adults discovered that 41% of respondents had no employment set up for them after they finished school. The survey examined respondents’ attitudes toward approaching adulthood. A quarter of those who attended college said they had no plan for life following their senior year (17% ).
Approximately 62% of participants in a OnePoll survey for Colorado State University Global on National Higher Education Day, including 787 people with degrees, said they would be keen about going to college at this time in their lives. The same amount (62%) showed interest in earning a certificate or degree entirely online so they could learn from the house, and two-thirds of parents said they would be agreeable to this.
Seven in ten persons feel that institutions have a duty to prepare learners for difficulties they’ll face in life world in terms of ways higher education may help learners in real-life (71 percent ). Therefore, it’s crucial to have a specialized school counselor to help with some of these issues, according to 75% of people who went or would be willing to attend college.
Two-third of Americans feel they are in a wrong career
When queried how their university experiences might have been improved, many responded that their education might have been adequately equipped if they had learned topics that would assist them in their daily lives (47%) or had curriculum-based training in their area of work (44%)
Similarly, 39% believe they might have gained from greater academic counseling, and 37% believe they would’ve performed better if they had known earlier what they wished to learn. A little more than a quarter of participants who attended college and are a gainfully employed state that their current position is unrelated to what they studied (22%).