Source: Some 43% of College Grads Are Underemployed in First Job – WSJ I commented. Wonder why they don’t get jobs that require a college education? Read this. Today’s “degree” is not your grandmother’s college “education”… From Arum and Roksa’s… “Academically Adrift”, we learn that, after four years of college, average critical thinking improved by […]
Corporations and Government and Education – Excellent Analysis by Frank Bruni in NY Times
February 11, 2018 by
Source: Corporations Will Inherit the Earth – The New York Times I posted this comment on the page. Here is Thomas Jefferson on the importance of the type of education that is critical to democracy but not to corporations. “…Preach…a crusade against ignorance…improve the law for educating the common people. Let our countrymen know […]
“Evidence That Robots Are Winning the Race for American Jobs” (NYT) But Here is Why, and They Shouldn’t
March 29, 2017 by
Demand for H1-B Skilled-Worker Visas Forces Agency Into Lottery – WSJ
April 8, 2016 by
U.S. demand for foreign skilled-worker visas surpassed the entire year’s mandated supply within five days, prompting the government to say it will award them through a lottery. Source: Demand for H1-B Skilled-Worker Visas Forces Agency Into Lottery – WSJ I wrote… To paraphrase, “It’s the flood of certification, and paucity of education, stupid.” In other […]
America’s labour market is not working – FT.com (Could It Be Education?)
November 4, 2015 by
Gap Widening as Top Workers Reap the Raises – The New York Times (It’s NOT the lack of degrees – It IS the lack of education.)
July 25, 2015 by
For most American workers, including many college graduates, the economic recovery has not meant significantly higher wages, research shows. Source: Gap Widening as Top Workers Reap the Raises – The New York Times I explained. “The cause of this phenomenon is staring us in the face. It is our beliefs that a college education is […]
Evidence That Schools That Educate Graduate Students Who Are in Big Demand
June 1, 2015 by
Uber…put up a billboard outside Carnegie Mellon’s computer-sciences building that said: “We are looking for the best software engineers in Pittsburgh.” Graduate students are being approached to work at the company. Source: Carnegie Mellon Reels After Uber Lures Away Researchers – WSJ This is a story about one of the top schools in computer science […]
“Class of 2015 Is Summa Cum Lucky in the Job Market” But Who Knows for Sure, Given the Data Source
May 29, 2015 by
Source: Class of 2015 Is Summa Cum Lucky in the Job Market – WSJ I wrote, “You write that, “…Members of the class of 2014 had an average starting salary of $48,127 a year…according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, a group made up of schools as well as companies that recruit from […]
Take on the 800-lb Gorilla
Source: US workforce: paying young Americans to learn the right skills I made the following comment. Someone has to take on the 800 lb gorilla. I have seen it in action up close and Bill Gross has pointed out that it really is an 800 lb gorilla. Here’s Bill Gross. “…To radically change the system…would […]