Kevin Floerke has been down this route before. A student at Santa Rosa Junior College in Northern California, Floerke, 26 years old, already graduated in 2010 from UCLA, where he majored in archaeology. This time, however, he’s not after a degree. He’s just trying to master a set of techniques and technologies that will help … Continue reading
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Job Growth Under Health Care Reform to Benefit Minorities
A new analysis of health care job growth, stimulated in large part by the rollout of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010, estimates that over the next 10 years the health care sector will see 4.6 million new positions, or a 31 percent increase from current employment levels, open up in the U.S. economy. … Continue reading
New Department of Labor Initiative Focuses on Workforce Development
While most of us would not debate the value of a four-year degree, this American dream remains beyond the reach of many as the cost of a college education continues to rise. However, even in 2012, there are many family-sustainable occupations to be had without that sometimes-elusive document. The U.S. Department of Labor, in conjunction … Continue reading
New Graduates Will Enter a Slowly Improving Job Market
The job market for new college graduates will continue to improve slowly in 2013-14, as cuts in the banking and credit industries, as well as political uncertainty, hold back what could otherwise be robust growth, according to a new report from the Collegiate Employment Research Institute at Michigan State University. Job opportunities will increase by … Continue reading
Education Dept. Releases Draft Language for New Gainful-Employment Rule
The U.S. Department of Education released draft language on Friday for a proposed new “gainful employment” rule that in some ways would be stronger than an earlier version that was thrown out by a federal court in June 2012, but in others ways would be weaker. The draft regulation, which will be subject to three … Continue reading
The Burdens of Working-Class Youth
Brandon, a 34-year-old black man from Richmond, Va., labels himself “a cautionary tale.” Growing up in the shadow of a university where both his parents worked in maintenance, he was told from an early age that education was the path to the “land of milk and honey.” An eager and hard-working student, Brandon earned a … Continue reading
Giving Employers What They Don’t Really Want
Often what we think other people think is not what they think. For example, Michael Barnes and I conducted a study some years ago, published in theJournal of Personality and Social Psychology, on the extent to which partners in intimate relationships understood what each other wanted. We computed the correlation between what one partner actually wanted … Continue reading
More Public Colleges Opt for Closed Searches
In their searches for their institutions’ next leaders, governing boards at public colleges have the task of both attracting the best candidates and keeping the public in the know. And that can often be a game of tug-of-war. College leaders and trustees say confidentiality is key because open searches deter quality candidates. Many faculty, students, … Continue reading
How to Get a Job
Underneath the huge drop in demand that drove unemployment up to 9 percent during the recession, there’s been an important shift in the education-to-work model in America. Anyone who’s been looking for a job knows what I mean. It is best summed up by the mantra from the Harvard education expert Tony Wagner that the … Continue reading
Recent College Graduates’ Employment Outcomes Vary by Major
For all the concern these days about whether a college degree is still a good investment, bachelor’s-degree recipients fare much better in the job market than do their less-educated peers. But not all college graduates do equally well—and the variation is linked to what they studied. Engineers? Good starting salaries. Arts, life-sciences, psychology, or recreation … Continue reading
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