Tag: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Disabilties

Employability and College Graduates with Disabilities

Finding that first job after graduating college is difficult, to say the least, but for those with a disability the challenge is even greater. Employability is greater if one earns a bachelor’s degree; this is especially true for persons with a disability.

August 5, 2019

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Study: Young Americans’ Wages Same As Decade Ago

Adjusted for inflation, young Americans are earning the exact wages their counterparts were paid a decade ago and are feeling left behind economically, according to a study released Tuesday by Young Invincibles.

June 4, 2019

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HBCUs and PBIs Usher in New Era of Cybersecurity

As a high demand for skilled laborers in cybersecurity and information technology continues – and concerns surge about the nation’s national security – historically Black colleges and universities and predominantly Black institutions have stepped up to train their students for the jobs of the future.

August 2, 2018

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Retail Giant to Offer Online Degrees for Employees

Walmart, one of America’s largest employers, is offering its workers a college education for $1 a day, the company recently announced.

June 2, 2018

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Meeting Nursing Demand Through Diversity

For the past decade, the nursing profession has made diversity a priority. While the numbers in the profession — less than 25 percent minority nurses — do not yet mirror the general population of the United States — 38 percent non-White people — solid efforts and strategies are at work to facilitate change.

February 25, 2018

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Expert: Changes in Education Not Keeping Pace with Workforce Needs

Latest Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows big employment gains in health care and social aid.

November 1, 2017

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Scholar: Graduate Research Internships a Resource to Fill STEM Workforce Gap

Expanding opportunities for more students to take advantage of graduate research internships might address future workforce needs in the U.S. and alleviate some of the pressure that faculty face to supplement their rigorous research training with the teaching of, and exposure to, technical and professional career skills and opportunities.

August 30, 2017