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ates of Marriage in America
The United States has historically had higher rates of marriage than those of other industrialized countries. The current annual marriage 51 in the United States--about 9 new marriages for every 1,000 people--is 52 .higher than it is in other industrialized countries. However, marriage is 53 as widespread as it was several decades ago. 54 of American adults who are married 55 from 72 percent in 1970 to 60 percent in 2002. This does not mean that large numbers of people will remain unmarried 56 their lives. Throughout the 20th century, about 90 percent of Americans married at some 57 in their lives. Experts 58 that about the same proportion of today&39;s young adults will eventually marry.
The timing of marriage has varied 59 over the past century. In 1995 the average age of women in the United States at the time of their first marriage was 25. The average age of men was about 27. Men and women in the United States marry for the first time an average of five years later than people did in the 1950s. 60 , young adults of the 1950s married younger than did any previous 61 in U. S. history. Today&39;s later age of marriage is 62 the age of marriage between 1890 and 1940. Moreover, a greater proportion of the population was married (95percent ) during the 1950s than at any time before 63 . Experts do not agree on why the "marriage rash" of the
late 1940s and 1950s occurred, but most social scientists believe it represented a 64 to the return of peaceful life and prosperity after 15 years of severe economic 65 and war.
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Problems of Universities
In many states this year, budget requests by state universities have had to be scaled back or frozen, while tuition, the share of the cost borne by the students themselves, has gone up--in some cases faster than the rate of inflation. The problem for the governors is particularly distressing because they all agree that the quality of their colleges and universities helps drive the economic engines of their states. And they are constantly being told by everyone from college administrators to editorial writers that the only way to make their state universities better is to spend more money.
So it was against this backdrop that members of the National Governors Association came together in this New England city this past week to discuss issues of common concern, one being higher education. And the focus of their talks about colleges centered not on how money could be more effectively directed, but how to get greater productivity out of a system that many feel has become high inefficient and resistive to change.
As a result, the governors will embark on a three-year study of higher education system and how to make state colleges and universities better able to meet the challenges of a global economy in the 21st century. And judging from the tenor and tone of their discussion, the study could produce a push for higher standards, more efficiency and greater accountability. "When it comes to higher education, we talk a lot about money, but we don&39;t often talk of standards and accountability. With tuition rising faster than the rate of inflation and students taking longer and longer to finish college, one of these days the public is going to say, &39;Enough!&39;" Pennsylvania Republican Gov. Tom Ridge said.
Ridge and his fellow governors came away from the meetings resolute in the belief that higher education needs a fresh look and possibly a major boost in productivity to meet demands of new technologies and a changing work force. Several governors noted that establishment of clearer standards, greater efficiencies in providing services, and more student competency testing might be needed, in addition to curriculum inspection.
Such proposals would be sure to shake up those who protect the status quo and trigger a major public debate. Education establishments that often believe that they know best tend to get nervous when elected officials seek to become involved. Utah GOP Gov. Mike Leavitt said the NGA discussion represented a "major shift" in the way governors address higher education and signaled their desire for greater direct involvement by the state chief executives in the oversight of their state university systems. While the governors were quick to note that American higher education is still the best in the world, they say adjustments that reflect the changing of the global economy might be needed to keep it that way.
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