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The President is right about one thing: it’s time for education reform. But that’s about where it stops. In Room to Grow, Andrew Kelly offers a conservative solution to the problems plaguing the higher education system in the US. The problem, according to Kelly, is that a generation of well-intentioned policies have wound up encouraging […]
…that recent data reported by The Wall Street Journal’s David Wessel indicates that his economic policies have not been going well for young people. As of 2012 (the most recent data available), “the fraction of college grads between 22 and 27 who were working in jobs that don’t generally require a bachelor’s degree” was 44 […]
This Afternoon, President Obama will deliver remarks on the economy at North Carolina State University. Undoubtedly, he will try to tell the young people in attendance that his economic strategy has been working, and that it’d be going even better if it weren’t for those pesky conservatives who just want to stand in his way.
U.S. 15-year-olds made no progress on recent international achievement exams and fell further in the rankings, reviving a debate about America’s ability to compete in a global economy.
It’s time for the President to face the children he’s directly affected through the temporary halt in the school voucher program in Louisiana.
The U.S. Payroll to Population employment rate (P2P), as measured by Gallup, fell slightly to 43.5% in September, from 43.7% in August.
“Our economy can’t afford the trillion dollars in outstanding student loan debt, much of which may not get repaid because students don’t have the capacity to pay it.” President Obama recently said.
As you may have seen, President Obama today launched a campaign-style bus tour of college towns, calling for changes to the way financial aid works at America’s institutions of higher learning. As Politico reports, the President’s bus tour is part of an effort by the Administration to boost its image with the struggling “middle class” and “reconnect with younger Americans, a key part of his base and a group he’s counting on as his health care law is implemented.
The ability to get a good job after graduation is the most important factor in choosing a college. - Gallup Poll
More than one third of employed recent college grads are working in positions that don’t require a degree. ‘Mal-employment’ rates are over 36% for college grads under the age of 25.
