Events, Perspectives Community Colleges Pay for the Tofu Spencer Irvine July 13, 2015 President Barack Obama’s latest education initiative is #FreeCommunityCollege for American students, but it brings up the question, will it make…
Faculty Lounge Wharton Professor asks, Will College Pay Off? Spencer Irvine July 3, 2015 Many agree that by making college more accessible, it is actually flooding the labor market with college graduates to the…
Perspectives Media Downplays Youth Unemployment Malcolm A. Kline June 10, 2015 Recent college graduates contemplating their post-graduation job prospects might find that the media are as inaccurate a source of information…
Faculty Lounge 49% of 2014 College Grads say Their Current Jobs are Beneath Their Skill Level Spencer Irvine May 24, 2015 The College Fix said: “Nearly half of recent college grads say their jobs are beneath their skill level, with 49…
Perspectives The Really Lost Generation Malcolm A. Kline April 14, 2015 If the raccoon coat-wearing youth of the 1920s really were the lost generation, what would you call millennials? Generation Opportunity,…
Faculty Lounge Go Figure: America’s Millennials have Little-to-No Skills Spencer Irvine March 14, 2015 This is a depressing report, which shows that America’s future generation, the Millennials, have less-than-optimal skills regarding actual job skills.
Guest Articles Unemployment Rate for Journalism Grads Continues to Climb Don Irvine February 24, 2015 A new report by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce shows that unemployment rates for recent college graduates…
Faculty Lounge 30% of Millennial College Grads Live at Home Spencer Irvine This isn’t good if America is trying to build a society of future homeowners and self-sufficient workers.
Faculty Lounge Fracking College Degree to be Offered at Illinois Community College Spencer Irvine February 1, 2015 Talk about an actual practical college degree, for starters.
Perspectives ObamaCare pushes Americans to Part-Time Work Spencer Irvine October 14, 2014 In a study conducted by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Casey Mulligan, an economics professor at the University…
News Beyond Rosy Jobs Forecasts Malcolm A. Kline May 11, 2014 It’s one thing when a right-wing think tank scores the economy under a Democratic president. It’s quite another when a…
