Posts Tagged ‘Bureau of Labor Statistics’
Does a 4.5% Unemployment Rate Among College Grads Constitute “Full Employment”?
by Neeta P. Fogg and Paul E. Harrington
August 12, 2010
Last week, a banker asked us a thoughtful question about the relatively low unemployment rate among adult bachelor’s degree holders (25 years and older) we had written about in The New England Journal of Higher Education. Noting that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) release this month shows those age 25 or older with ...
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Today’s Grim Jobs Report
by Neeta P. Fogg and Paul E. Harrington
August 6, 2010
June 2009 is seen by many as the end of the Great Recession. Strong growth in GDP following massive monetary and fiscal responses to the collapse in housing and financial markets meant that the economy was on the mend. Yet a year later, 1.1 million fewer people are working, and the unemployment rate is stuck ...
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College Attainment: Throwing a Complete Game
by Stan Jones and David Soo
July 26, 2010
The U.S. once had the world’s highest percentage of adults with a college degree, but has now dropped to 10th, according to the OECD. In an attempt to reverse this slide, a number of policymakers and foundations have sought to make increased degree attainment a national priority. President Obama has articulated the goal that America ...
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