Education Dive by James Paterson Dive Brief: College students generally expect to earn more than they probably will, and having better information about earnings doesn’t cause them to change majors. That’s according to an issue brief published by a visiting scholar and an assistant research professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey, […]
Chronicle by Sarah Brown U.S. Department of Education and the Workforce? That’s what the Trump administration envisions in its new 132-page framework for merging the Education and Labor Departments, as part of a broader overhaul of the federal government. The departments, officials wrote in the proposal, “share a common goal […]
Chronicle of Higher Education What You Need to Know About the GOP Bill to Bring Sweeping Changes to Higher Ed By Adam Harris DECEMBER 01, 2017 Updated (12/1/2017, 2:49 p.m.) with additional details. After a flurry of movement this week on the reauthorization of the federal law governing higher education, which […]
Inside Higher Ed Helping Career Education Become a First Choice California’s community colleges seek to rebrand career and technical education amid a broad state push that includes $200 million more in annual funding. By Paul Fain July 5, 2017 California wants to eliminate the lingering stigma about career and technical education with […]
Gallup by Jaimie Francis and Zac Auter There’s a stark misalignment between the talents employers demand and the skills graduates have as they enter the U.S. workforce. And many higher education leaders fail to see it. While 96% of chief academic officers of colleges and universities believe that their institutions […]
The National Academies of Sciences Engineering Medicine May 17, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE United States’ Skilled Technical Workforce Is Inadequate to Compete in Coming Decades; Actions Needed to Improve Education, Training, and Lifelong Learning of Workers WASHINGTON — Policymakers, employers, and educational institutions should take steps to strengthen the nation’s […]
Bloomberg April 12, 2017 8:59 AM EDT At the March Federal Open Market Committee meeting, I voted in favor of raising the federal funds rate. The U.S. economy is getting stronger and making good progress toward achieving the Federal Reserve’s full-employment and price-stability goals. Despite this progress, challenges remain that […]
Inside Higher Ed Better Marriage Between College and Job Training Republican-dominated Washington wants more occupational job training as an alternative to college degrees. But higher education will remain the federal government’s primary job-training system, albeit one experts say could use a reboot. By Paul Fain March 22, 2017 Getty Images […]