Category Archives: Education

Where the (good) jobs are coming

By doris | Published: February 8, 2012

Full Story at BottomLine.msnbc.msn.com We already know that one key way to make more money and stay employed is to get more education. Now a new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics adds another piece of evidence that it usually pays off, literally, to shoot for that master’s degree or higher. The BLS this [...]

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My degree isn’t worth the debt!

By doris | Published: June 26, 2011

Full Story atmoney.CNN.com Degree: Bachelor’s in industrial engineering from Kettering University Facing college costs that are rising far faster than incomes, many Americans are relying on massive amounts of debt. We talked to seven people overloaded with student loans. Here is Erik’s story. (Click through the rest of the gallery for other profiles.) –The Editors [...]

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Confronting the coming American worker shortage

By doris | Published: May 21, 2011

Full Story at Management.fortune.cnn.com Predictions of a shortage of American math and science professionals have grown dire. What can be done to bridge the gap? By Elizabeth G. Olson, contributor FORTUNE — With the job market inching toward recovery, most of America’s collective attention is set squarely on there here and now. But signs of [...]

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House OKs cut in fighter jet engine funds

By doris | Published: February 16, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) — House Republicans continued their drive Wednesday to slash $60 billion from the current year’s budget, with some of the deepest cuts targeted at education and environmental regulation. First up was a controversial cut to strip $450 million slated to build a new engine for the F-35 fighter jet, [...]

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Obama’s budget to target education Pell grants

By doris | Published: February 13, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Obama’s budget Monday will propose cutting $100 billion dollars from the Pell grant program and other higher education programs, but use those savings to ensure that eligible students would be able to receive the current maximum award of $5,500 per school year. Jacob Lew, director of the [...]

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Senate fails to confirm Fannie and Freddie regulator

By doris | Published: December 23, 2010

Full Story atnews.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The nomination of North Carolina bank commissioner Joseph Smith to head the agency that oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac died on Wednesday as the U.S. Senate adjourned without acting on it. While President Barack Obama could renominate Smith to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency after the new [...]

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Boomerang kids: 85% of college grads move homeollege grads move home

By doris | Published: October 14, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Getting a degree used to be a stepping stone to limitless career opportunities. Now it’s more of a hiatus from living under your parents’ roof. Stubbornly high unemployment — nearly 15% for those ages 20-24 — has made finding a job nearly impossible. And without a job, [...]

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What’s missing for back-to-school? 135,000 teachers

By doris | Published: August 20, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — More children are crowding into classrooms in Modesto, Calif. Parents are paying extra to send their kids to full-day kindergarten in Queen Creek, Ariz. And the school buses stopped rolling in one St. Louis area school district. These are but a few of the unwelcome changes greeting [...]

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Factory jobs return, but skilled workers scarce

By doris | Published: July 5, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com BEDFORD, Ohio — Factory owners have been adding jobs slowly but steadily since the beginning of the year, giving a lift to the fragile economic recovery. And because they laid off so many workers — more than two million since the end of 2007 — manufacturers now have a vast pool [...]

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More than 80% of school districts to cut jobs

By doris | Published: May 5, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — More than 80% of U.S. school districts are expected to eliminate jobs and more than half will likely freeze hiring during the upcoming school year, an education organization said Tuesday. Based on a survey of school administrators from 49 states, a total of 275,000 education jobs are [...]

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