If we add in the underemployed (involuntarily part-time), dropouts from the workforce and other uncounted unemployment we are looking at a number nearly twice as high.
Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg are the famous college dropouts that I knew about. But apparently Steve Jobs went to Reed college for one semester and then dropped out.
The dropouts started when Oliver Thomas, then a city councilman and the city’s most popular politician, pleaded guilty to taking bribes. He is still in jail.
Forbes slick, catchy packaging for this story on successful dropouts doesn't really help out the educator in trying to convey this extremely important message.