Posts Tagged 'college graduates'

New Immigration Mandate Punishes US College Students

New Immigration Mandate Punishes US College Students
With the move to let 5 million undocumented immigrants remain in the country, this not only hurts American workers looking for jobs, but American students seeking a good college education.

According to a new report from the Institute for International Education, nearly 900,000 foreign students are studying in U.S. college or university undergraduate programs, up 8 percent from last year. That’s a new record.

In fact, the number of international students studying in the U.S. has increased by 72 percent since ...

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Ignoring Vocational Schools Ignores a More Prosperous Future

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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Made in America Panel Says It’s Time for Harry Reid to Drop his Crusade Against the Keystone XL Pipeline

Made in America Panel Says It’s Time for Harry Reid to Drop his Crusade Against the Keystone XL Pipeline

Host Neal Asbury opened his nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Made in America” show on Radio America (now on 48 stations), with a sense of bewilderment that Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid continues his war against the Keystone XL Pipeline despite the fact that many in his own party want to vote for it.  Instead, Reid is asking for a vote on some nebulous energy policy, with the provision that if it gets bilateral support, he may rethink his stance on ...

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College Degree No Longer the Solution to Good Jobs

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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