Why Career Development?

　Too few students see personal relevance in their studies
　28% of 12th-grade high school students believe that their school work is meaningful
　21% believe their course work is interesting
　39 percent believe that school work will have any bearing on their success in later life. (National Center for Education Statistics and reported in The Condition of Education 2002)
　In the largest 32 urban districts in our country, only 50% of students who enroll in high school actually graduate (The Carnegie Institute of Washington)
　California has a 37% dropout rate from public school