Tag: Higher Education

The Takeaway

Listeners Respond: College Graduation Shortage

Friday, June 18, 2010

On yesterday's show, we discussed a new report which finds that, by 2018, 63 percent of the jobs in the Unites States will require a post-high school education. The problem is, at the current rate of college and high school graduations, there will not be enough workers with higher educations to fill these jobs.  We wanted to know if you think colleges are properly preparing its students to enter today's workforce.

 

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The Takeaway

Historically Black Colleges Tackle Student Loan Defaults

Thursday, March 04, 2010

Recent college students are defaulting on their student loans in growing numbers. If default rates get bad enough, it can threaten federal funding for their alma maters. But a group of historically black colleges in Texas may have found a way to slow the default problem by counseling students about their financial responsibilities.

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