On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 02:49:39PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > you did not follow that thread through properly as the reality is that > the US military *requires* highschool diploma or better for all > recruits except for a very small percentage who are allowed through > because of other qualifying factors. This essentially forces the > military to have a higher educational level than the population as a > whole. What I'm curious about is how military recruits compare > long-term educationally to the general population of high-school > graduates. That would be a telling number, but I'm too lazy to look it > up. > I'd venture to guess that long-term, former military personnel end up more educated than the general popuation. This may have something to do with being able to go to college essentially for free on the GI Bill after you get out. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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