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Made in America Panel Contends that Obama’s Junior College Proposal Will Simply Create More Students without the Necessary Job Skills

Host Neal Asbury opened his nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Made in America” show on Radio America (now on 70 stations) by expressing his ongoing skepticism over President Obama’s employment numbers, which seem always to be improving even when as many 16 million Americans are either unemployed or underemployed.

“People want jobs, and they’re tired of hearing that everything is OK. Now 1 in 4 of Obama’s biggest supporters have come to the realization that things aren’t improving when it comes to ...

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22
JAN

Categories: Press Releases

Tags: apprenticeship, Brew Act, brewers, community college, cronyism, excise tax, federal money, graduation, job skills, Keystone XL Pipeline, Obama's Junior College Proposal, obamacare, students

Ignoring Vocational Schools Ignores a More Prosperous Future

I came across a fascinating article in The Wall Street Journal recently that reported that due to Germany’s aggressive promotion of vocational schools and skills training, the German unemployment rate for young people is below 8 percent.

Contrast that to a new report that one in four Americans aged 24 to 54 aren’t working. That’s an unemployment rate of 25 percent. For our teenagers it is even much higher.

That’s a tragedy. But at the root of the problem is nothing ...

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10
OCT

Categories: Articles

Tags: apprenticeship, college education, college graduates, employment, good paying jobs, Job Creation, Labor Department, Obama administration, on-the-job training, traditional education, universities, vocational schools

College Degree No Longer the Solution to Good Jobs

More than 40 percent of recent U.S. college graduates are unemployed, underemployed or need more training to get on a career track, according to a poll released last year by global management consulting firm Accenture.

The online survey of 1,050 workers who finished school in the previous two years and 1,010 who received their degree in 2013 also found that many graduates, some heavily in debt because of the cost of their education, say they are in jobs that do not ...

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23
JAN

Categories: Articles

Tags: apprenticeship, college graduates, college students, degree, economy, education, lower tuition, Obama, underemployed, unemployed, vocational skills

Posts Tagged 'apprenticeship'

Made in America Panel Contends that Obama’s Junior College Proposal Will Simply Create More Students without the Necessary Job Skills

Ignoring Vocational Schools Ignores a More Prosperous Future

College Degree No Longer the Solution to Good Jobs

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