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Australia – In what ways can Lifelong Learning continually enhance employment prospects?
Lifelong Learning (LLL) and Employment Prospects: An Australian case by Allie Clemans, Anne Newton, Robbie Guevara and Sally Thompson try to answer the headline question, “In what ways can LLL continually enhance employment prospects?” The Australian case study has been guided by two objectives: 1. Identify the relationship between LLL and employment prospects in policy and practice; and, 2. Document existing … Continue reading
US – Children of immigrants come out ahead
Children of immigrants are outperforming children whose family trees have deeper roots in the United States, learning more in school and then making smoother transitions into adulthood, according to sociologists at The Johns Hopkins University. Researchers Lingxin Hao and Han S. Woo tracked nearly 11,000 children from as young as age 13 into their early … Continue reading
Skills Gap – Employers and Colleges Point Fingers at Each Other
For much of the first decade of the new millennium, Samuel J. Palmisano and A.G. Lafley led two of the biggest names in American business: IBM and Procter & Gamble. By the time they were named chief executive officers, the two iconic companies were in need of the makeovers the two leaders eventually helped engineer. … Continue reading
OECD Education at Glance – Video
Andreas Schleicher, OECD Deputy-Director of Education speaks about the key finding of this year’s OECD Education at Glance. He says, education spending is rising but access to higher education remains unequal in most countries. Governments should increase investment in early childhood programmes and maintain reasonable costs for higher education in order to reduce inequality, boost … Continue reading
IT security – Skills shortage and no unemployment
There is zero unemployment in IT security, suggesting a huge shortage of skills in the profession, says Hord Tipton, executive director of professional certification body (ISC)2. But there needs to be a focus on training people to be specialists in areas such as digital forensics, cloud computing and access control, who can see the bigger … Continue reading
Teacher Layoffs – Could Lead to Shortage
Teacher layoffs may save the state money in the short term, but a report by the state Task Force for Educator Excellence says over time that trend may be one of the things keeping people from wanting to stand in front of a classroom. California’s school kids have unzipped a whole new school year and third grader … Continue reading
2012 World University Rankings – The Top 200
“MIT leads charge, UK enjoys strong showing, but biggest trend is increasingly international character of staff and students at world’s leading institutions” writes the guardian.co.uk in his analysis. via The top 200 QS World University Rankings 2012 | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional.
Talent War – From Brain Drain to Brain Circulation
Representatives from higher education institutions in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia met last week in Seeon, Germany, at the Sixth Annual Strategic Leaders Global Summit, an event co-hosted by Germany’s Technische Universitat Munchenthe and the Council of Graduate Schools, which is headquartered in Washington, D.C. The meeting’s theme was “From Brain Drain to … Continue reading
UK – The Queen rejects Government’s apprenticeship programme
Buckingham Palace was approached by ministers keen for Royal estates to hire young people on a Government-backed programme. But the Queen will instead keep her own apprenticeships for chefs, footmen and housemaids, according to The Times. The response was revealed in a Freedom of Information request about the Apprenticeships Bill, which was in its early … Continue reading
Education Gap – Chicago – 3.5 job openings for every unemployed worker with a bachelor’s degree or higher
A just-released report from the Brookings Institution rated Chicago and other cities by how well job openings line up with workers’ education. Like most big cities, Chicago has a larger share of available jobs that require higher education — a bachelor’s degree or more — than job seekers who hold those degrees. There are 3.5 … Continue reading
Job Openings and Educational Attainment in Metropolitan Area
For the first time since World War II, there are fewer jobs three years after the end of a recession than before it began. Our new Brookings report suggests that most of this flat recovery can be attributed to severe losses in housing wealth and jobs in industries such as manufacturing and construction. Yet education–especially … Continue reading
Bridging the skills gap and education
It’s the Labor Day weekend, a time when we all take a day off to catch a breath. For many people, this weekend will pass without the prospect of work. Yet many employers are unable to find suitable workers, and jobs are unfilled. What can be done? “Mismatches in supply and demand for educated workers … Continue reading
Vocational Education – Renewed Respect
Remember the days of the candy-colored tangerine flake streamline baby, when backyard mechanics could customize their cars? Try that nowadays, warns mechanic Chip Bissey, of J and C Auto in the Northeast. “You’re going to wind up shorting out a computer or something like that and one cross of a wrong wire and you’re out … Continue reading
South Africa – Skills and vocational training need rethink
Late in 2008, Acts were passed to make substantial changes to the first post-1994 national qualifications framework. It was split into three linked frameworks, each with its own quality council: Umalusi, the Higher Education Quality Council and the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations. This signified a dramatic policy shift and the introduction of the … Continue reading
A free interactive application for metro-level data on supply of educated labor, employer demand for skilled workers, and other economic trends affecting unemployment rates
Use this interactive application below for metro-level data on supply of educated labor, employer demand for skilled workers, and other economic trends affecting unemployment rates. via Education, Job Openings, and Unemployment in Metropolitan America | Brookings Institution.
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