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  • ESL programs are the fastest growing component of the state-administered adult education programs. In 1997-98, 48% of enrollments were in ESL programs, compared to 33% in 1993-94. Of these 48% enrollees, 32% were in beginning ESL classes, 12% in intermediate, and 4% in advanced.
  • The first city in the world to have a population of more than one million was Rome: see History 303
  • In 2000, the Current Population Survey reported the following educational attainment levels of the foreign-born population, as compared to the native population: 33.0% not high school graduates, compared to 13.4%; 25.% were high school graduates, compared to 34.3%; 16.2% had some college education (less than a bachelor's degree), compared to 26.7%; 25.8% had a bachelor's degree or more, compared to 25.6%. (Profile of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States: 2000
  • $55,987 is the average starting salary offered to bachelor’s degree candidates in petroleum engineering, among the highest of any field of study. At the other end of the spectrum were those majoring in the social sciences; they were offered an average of $29,098.
  • Half the world's population earns about 5% of the world's wealth.