Question: Weekly tasks or assignments (Individual or Group Projects) will be due by Monday, and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus.

NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.

Higher educational levels have been linked to higher salaries, lower poverty, and even more likelihood of getting married. Read the following articles:

Study: High School Grades Can Determine Your Future Income

America''s Poverty-Education Link

Marriage Chances Rise with Your Salary

In this week's project, you will create a slide presentation that compares educational achievement by race. Abide by the following steps to produce a presentation of 10-12 slides (including 1 reference slide).

Link to the tables from the Census Bureau that give statistics on educational attainment for Caucasians, African-Americans, and Hispanics in 2013.

Discuss the differences in the number of people from each race who complete higher education.

Explain why you think these differences exist based on what you learned this week.

References

Friedman, H. S. (2012, August 29). America''s poverty-education link. The Huffington Post. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/howard-steven-friedman/americas-poverty-education_b_1826000.html

Marcus, L. (2014). Study: High school grades can determine your future income. Retrieved from https://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/new-study-says-that-high-school-grades-can-determine-your-future-income-164443075.html

United States Census Bureau. (2013). Educational attainment in the United States: 2013 - Detailed tables. Retrieved from http://www.census.gov/hhes/socdemo/education/data/cps/2013/tables.html

Von Offman, C. (2011). Marriage chances rise with your salary. Retrieved from https://shine.yahoo.com/work-money/marriage-chances-rise-salary-195200744.html;_ylt=AwrBEiLGdtBTbEwAj8whmolQ