In this The Wall Street Journal, Douglas Belkin presents a discouraging panorama regarding the relation between learning and critical-thinking skills in college. Belkin quotes Anthony Carnevale, Director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.
In this Diverse Issues in Higher Education article, Jamaal Abdul-Alim goes over the first cohort of the Pathways in Technology Early College High School graduates. Abdul-Alim quotes Andrew Hanson, a Senior Analyst at the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce.
In this Time article, Josh Sanburn goes over the story of a successful worker that went through community college. Sanburn quotes the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce report: “America’s Divided Recovery: College Haves and Have-Nots 2016.”
Congratulations to the Class of 2017. Earning a Bachelor’s degree is a great step towards building a promising future. But will this year’s graduates (nearly 1.9 million) gain a foothold in today’s job market? The good news is the economy is much stronger than it has been in recent years.