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College Grads May Be Stuck in Low-Skill Jobs - Yahoo! Finance - 0 views

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shared by tsweetholp on 28 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • By some measures, nearly half of employed college graduates are in jobs that don't traditionally require a college degree.
  • companies needed hundreds of thousands of skilled workers to develop, build and install high-tech systems
  • ew technologies may eventually revive demand for advanced skills, he added, but an economic recovery alone won't be sufficient.
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  • demand for such skills has fallen in recent years, even as young people continued to flock to programs that taught them.
  • Brian Hackett, who graduated with honors from the College of New Jersey in 2010 with a political-science degree, is among those who haven't found full-time work.
  • too few workers with the right set of skills, particularly in high-end manufacturing and certain trades.
  • The subsequent housing boom helped mask the problem by creating artificially high demand for workers of all kinds, but only temporarily.
  • College-educated employees also tend to earn more and advance more quickly even when they are in fields that don't require a degree.
    • tsweetholp
      tsweetholp on 28 Mar 13
       
      All is not lost -at least there is some good news.
    • tsweetholp
      tsweetholp on 28 Mar 13
       
      College-educated employees also tend to earn more and advance more quickly even when they are in fields that don't require a degree.
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'Victimhood culture' has taken over college campuses, alleges new book | Arts News for ... - 0 views

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shared by tsweetholp on 24 Jan 17 - No Cached
  • As he witnessed the rapidly evolving campus climate as a young reporter with the Daily Caller, Greer was inspired to write his book. “American universities were once the cultivators of the nation’s brightest minds, the gateway to the middle class, and forums for the exchange of ideas and innovations,” his book begins. “Now [students] can’t tolerate chalk marks in support of a certain presidential candidate.”
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The Decline of College | National Review Online - 0 views

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shared by tsweetholp on 19 Sep 13 - No Cached
    • tsweetholp
      tsweetholp on 19 Sep 13
       
      Do you think a traditional college experience is still relevant?
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7 College Graduates Whose Lives Were Wrecked by Student Loan Debt - Yahoo Finance - 1 views

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shared by Stephanie Cooper on 16 Jun 13 - No Cached
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      tsweetholp on 16 Jun 13
       
      Make sure to watch the video at the bottom of the page.
  • William West, 39, thought earning a B.A. in IT in 2009 would put him on a fast track to management. He wound up $70,000 in debt with no shot at a promotion.
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Workers Over 60 Make More Than Colleagues - Yahoo! Finance - 0 views

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shared by tsweetholp on 16 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • eople who take longer to get into career-track positions, or who start out earning very low wages, may never
  • make up that lost financial ground.
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