unemployment
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According to a new AP story, Obama's jobless recovery is leaving half of new college graduates out of work, or in dead end jobs that didn't require higher education to begin with... Read More
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Every once in a while I read something about my generation's inability to grow up that either a.) depresses me, or b.) makes me want to throw up. Recently, I stumbled upon the website for a company that sells adult-size footie pajamas--you know, the kind babies and little kids under the age of five often wear. Only these PJ's are sized for grown men... More
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95 percent of high school seniors do in fact plan to go to college, but some of these students may aspire to college in the same way that many of us aspire to exercise: it is something they would like to have done but not something they would like to do. In this metaphor, investing in education by enrolling in college is like investing in health by joining a gym: an excellent idea, but only for those who will actually go and break a sweat... More
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In a column this week, Ron Meyer of the Young America's Foundation revealed the truth about Obama's bogus jobs claims, and explained why the president is losing support among college-age voters: Since Inauguration Day, the president’s approval rating with the 18-to-29 crowd set a record for the most precipitous drop in Gallup Poll history, from 77 percent approval to 48 percent. The Youth Misery Index (which combines youth unemployment, average graduating college debt and the national debt) is at an all-time high.
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Is college worth the cost? The answer depends on which major you choose, according to a recent study by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. Choosing the wrong major can make you twice as likely to end up unemployed.