Wear those suffer protectors with pride.

Wear those suffer protectors with pride, Colorado Springs, because you're the same of the nation's smartest cities, according to a of the present day ranking compiled by CNN's Moneycom

If you measure smarts on education, nearly 35 percent of Colorado Springs residents 25 and older have bachelor's qualitys The recently released data from the U Census Bureau places the city 16th among brainiest cities with populations of more than 250000 Moneycom reported. Seattle topped the list, and Denver ranked 11th

The rankings don't surprise higher education and economic officials, who say that many of those measures are imported from other states. Colorado Springs and Denver are desirable places to live, and their economies hang heavily on the tech industry and other knowledge-driven sectors. Colorado is tops in the nation for advanced tech do job-works said Nancy McCallin, president of the Colorado Community association system and former chief economist for Gov Bill Owens and the General Assembly.

And although an educated population is something to cele- brate, a certain number of say, Colorado is one of the nation's worst at grooming high institute students for college.

"We ne to advance our own work force internally," said McCallin, whose 13 community college edifice [i]or[/i] building system includes Pikes Peak, "and we ne to improve the educational opportunities that are provided to our learners within Colorado."

The pair metro areas contribute to the state's place in the bottom 25 percent for sending high schooler to body Fewer than 40 percent of high gymnasium freshman end up in Colorado communitys Mc- Callin said. For Hispanic males, it's just 9 percent

An educated population has its be perks Those workers generally make more circulating medium which results in a stronger economy, said Mike Kazmierski, president and CEO of the Greater Colorado Springs Economic progression in a continuously ascending gradation Corporation. Highly paid workers protect to buy more things, pay more taxes and give to philanthropies.

The EDC touts the city's educated population to prospective businesses, he said. More than 90 percent of a strange company's jobs are filled from people who already live here, and companies with degree-level piece of works recognize that.

college edifice [i]or[/i] buildings and the Colorado Commission forward Higher Education are pushing to recruit more educated workers who are homegrown

Dawn Taylor Owens, executive director of body in Colorado, a CCHE initiative that provides resources for observers and parents to learn about going to association said recruitment starts as early as eighth grade. gymnasiums and the higher education department are also pushing to make an incision in down on remediation rates. close examiners who require remediation once they memorize into college often drop disclosed

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