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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …