Posts Tagged ‘Baby Boomers’
Economists to Hold Conference at UNH at Manchester on “Millennials, Baby Boomers and New England’s Future”
by John O. Harney
October 28, 2011
Demography is destiny, especially if you are in higher education. Consider:
There are 200,000 fewer children in New England today, compared with 10 years ago—a 6% decline. The number of married couples with children has declined by 10% since 2000—and they now account for fewer than one in five New England households. The number of single parents ... Read MoreTags: Baby Boomers, conference, Demography, Events, Millennials, NEEP, New England Economic Partnership, New England’s Future, University of New Hampshire at Manchester | No Comments
A Labor Market Mismatch in New England
by David Mabe
December 13, 2010
A mismatch is brewing between the supply of skilled workers in New England and the increasing demand for such workers, according to a new report by the New England Public Policy Center at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
The study by senior economist Alicia Sasser Modestino shows that, over the next 10 years, New England ...
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Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation
by Persis C. Rickes
June 22, 2010
The following is excerpted from “Make Way for Millennials! How Today's Students are Shaping Higher Education Space” by Persis C. Rickes, founder of the Massachusetts-based higher education consulting firm Rickes Associates. The full piece first appeared in Planning for Higher Education, the journal of the Society for College and ...
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