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Hot jobs of the future: welder, plumber
Tennessee’s technical colleges focus on job skills, such as mechatronics. We’ve reached peak college, writes urbanist Joel Kotkin in...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 16, 20221 min read
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It’s a hot summer job market for youth
Working as a lifeguard was a dangerous job in “Stranger Things.” A red-hot summer job market awaits teenagers, reports Paul Wiseman and...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 9, 20221 min read
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Working teens do better in school
Working part-time during the school year is good for teenagers, as long as they limit their work hours, concludes a newly published...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 9, 20221 min read
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It’s a longer, steeper path to a ‘good job’
It takes young people a lot longer than their elders to be self-supporting, concludes two new reports from Georgetown’s Center on...

Joanne Jacobs
May 21, 20221 min read
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Class of ’22: Fewer males aim for college
After two pandemic years, the college-going gender gap is widening, reports YouthTruth’s Class of 2022 survey. Compared to the class of...

Joanne Jacobs
May 19, 20222 min read
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Aviation students solve problems — before the crash
Students are learning math, engineering and problem solving through a curriculum designed by the nonprofit Aircraft Owners and Pilots...

Joanne Jacobs
May 4, 20222 min read
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Career readiness starts in kindergarten
Credit: The World of Work American and British children dream of careers as vloggers or YouTubers, concludes a 2019 LEGO survey of...

Joanne Jacobs
May 4, 20222 min read
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Americans lose confidence in higher ed
Americans — especially Republicans — are losing confidence in higher education, reports Gallup. Three years ago, 57 percent of U.S....

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 10, 20182 min read
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Reclaiming degrees — but what are they worth?
Millions of students drop out or “stop out” of college with some credits, but no degree. Degrees When Due, created by the Institute for...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 3, 20181 min read
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Why high schools can’t raise standards
Forty to 50 percent of high school graduates aren’t prepared to pass a community college class, writes Marc Tucker, president of the...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 18, 20182 min read
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‘College for all’ works — for 16% of students
Our education system fails most students, argues Oren Cass, a Manhattan Institute senior fellow and author of How the Other Half Learns. ...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 11, 20182 min read
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Starting a school — slowly
In a New Orleans charter high’s first year, students beat the state school performance average, writes Matt Candler, a board member, on...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 9, 20181 min read
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Colleges drop prices to compete for students
Some non-elite colleges are freezing or dropping prices, reports Hechinger’s Matt Krupnick. They’re competing for a smaller cohort of...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 6, 20182 min read
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Best colleges for economic payoff
Which colleges are best at helping students graduate, earn more and pay back their student loans? The University of North Carolina at...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 24, 20181 min read
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Short on college students? Add casino studies!
As the U.S. is running low on 18-year-olds. Non-elite colleges are having trouble meeting enrollment or net tuition revenue targets,...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 16, 20182 min read
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California offers training for ‘stranded workers’
California is moving ahead with an online college for “stranded workers,” reports Mikhail Zinshteyn on EdSource. It will offer short-term...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 6, 20181 min read
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Job hunting 101
Job hunting is a class at Skidmore, a liberal arts college in upstate New York, reports NPR’s Elissa Nadworny. Paul Calhoun, a business...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 4, 20182 min read
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Summer jobs aren’t for teens any more
Immigrant adults are taking summer jobs once done by U.S. teenagers, writes Paul Bedard in the Washington Examiner. “Immigrants — legal...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 14, 20181 min read
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Linking dollars to degrees is tricky
Linking community college funding to graduation rates is tricky, writes David Kirp, a Berkeley professor and of the Learning Policy...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 11, 20182 min read
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Don’t tie diploma to college-prep coursework
Requiring college-prep coursework to earn a diploma is a mistake, writes Russell Rumberger on EdSource. An emeritus University of...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 9, 20182 min read
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