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Continuous Development, Educational Forms

Graduates Face Most Promising Job Market Since 2008

November 2, 2021

Via: Inside Higher Ed

New college graduates face the rosiest job market since the 2008 recession, according to the latest annual recruiting trends survey by Michigan State University’s Collegiate Employment Research Institute. Employers who cut back on recruiting during the COVID-19 pandemic are now […]


Continuous Development, Educational Forms

‘Notable’ June job gains don’t include public education employment

July 6, 2020

Via: Education Dive

The losses, according to the report, could be in part due to the seasonal changes in education, which sees cyclical dips of about 20% in employment over the summer months. However, unemployment in public education is still significantly higher compared […]


News

Report: Workforce ‘on-ramp’ programs slow to grow reach

January 29, 2019

Via: Education Dive

According to the report, 32 million adults lack jobs or the skills and resources needed to find gainful employment. Yet while on-ramp programs have high job placement rates, they reach less than 1% of those adults. With around 65 programs […]


Education Tech

Providing Computers Does Not Improve College Enrollment, Employment, or Earnings

February 8, 2018

Via: Education Next

In a fascinating new study by Robert W. Fairlie and Peter Riley Bahr, they examine the effects of an experiment in which some community college students received free computers and others did not by lottery. Comparing these randomly assigned treatment […]