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案例分析题To stay economically competitive on a global scale,the United States needs 8million more college graduates ___36___That may sound impossible,___37___according to Education at a Glance 2013,the ___38___international report on the state of education ___39___Tuesday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),the ___40___is still the world leader in producing college graduates.___41___,OECD data ___42___that almost half of the world ’s university graduates come from three countries —the United States,China and Japan.
___43___the 34OECD countries,___44___26percent of the total 255million college-educated ___45___between the ages of 25and 64come from the United States.China comes in a distant second at 12.1percent and Japan is a ___46___third at 11.4percent.
Global prosperity(繁荣)won’t increase if only three nations ___47___higher education output,so it ’s exciting to see that the number of students ___48___to college increased 25percent across all OECD countries ___49___1995and 2012.If that ___50___continues,59percent of young adults in those countries will go on to college,___51___19percent will enter vocational programs over their lifetimes.
The number of students who actually graduate ___52___college has increased as well.In 2012,an average of 39percent of students in OECD nations ___53___college,up from 20percent in 1995.Since college dropouts ___54___the U.S.economy billions of dollars every year,an international increase in graduation ___55___is good news for the entire planet.

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