Key to Success: Skip College (What?!)
Jacques Steinberg, of The New York Times, explains that for some people, a college degree may not be the answer to economic success: ...The idea that four years of higher education will translate into a better job, higher earnings and a happier life — a refrain sure to be repeated this month at graduation ceremonies across the country — has been pounded into the heads of schoolchildren, parents and educators. But there’s an underside to that conventional wisdom. Perhaps no more than half of those who began a four-year bachelor’s degree program in the fall of 2006 will get that degree ...
Most New Jobs are with the Fed
Gallup is showing that most new jobs being created right now are with the Federal government: Gallup's Job Creation Index for April reveals significantly more hiring within the federal government than in the private sector. Both show a substantially more positive picture than state and local governments, where firing far eclipses hiring. Gallup's Job Creation Index is based on the percentage of American workers who say their employers are hiring minus the percentage who say their employers are letting workers go. The overall Index value for American workers in April tilts positive, with 27% of workers saying their places of employment are ...
Colorado Governor puts public colleges ahead of needs of his own mother!
Colleen Slevin, at The Denver Post, reports about a new budget law signed into law by Colorado's Governor Bill Ritter, impacting education: Gov. Bill Ritter signed a $18.2 billion budget into law Thursday, saying it contained some tough cuts but that the pain was fairly spread across the board. "This budget is fair, it's thoughtful, it's responsible and it's balanced," Ritter said during a ceremony flanked by legislative leaders and members of the Legislature's Joint Budget Committee. It will take effect in July when the state's fiscal year begins. Schools will get $365 million, or 6.4 percent, less than they normally ...
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