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Tag: Unemployment
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Lumina Foundation’s Webinar Focuses on Credentials and Digital Skills Needed in the COVID-19 Economy
With the COVID-19 pandemic pushing the United States economy into a recession, the Lumina Foundation hosted a virtual webinar Sep. 23 to discuss labor outcomes, credentials and digital skills necessary to tackle this current job market.
September 23, 2020
COVID-19
How Workforce Credentials Can Become More Accessible After COVID-19
U.S. employers cut 20.5 million jobs in April, according to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report. Meanwhile, the national unemployment rate surged to 14.7% this month. People need work, and for some, that’s going to mean going back to school for new credentials. With the pandemic as a backdrop, a webinar– hosted by the center-left think tank Third Way and sponsored by the Lumina Foundation – explored how workforce credentialing could be made quicker and more accessible to those who need it most.
May 20, 2020
COVID-19
Experts Provide Mental Health Tips Amid Pandemic-Related Stressors
Over the last few months, the COVID-19 pandemic has uprooted the lives of people around the world. With social distancing policies and stay at home orders in place across the country, schools and businesses have transitioned to remote learning and work. The changes and uncertainties of the pandemic have negatively affected the mental health of young people and adults in the United States.
May 17, 2020
COVID-19
Who Will Be the Educational Architects After COVID-19?
COVID-19 sent shock waves around the nation as residents throughout the United States braced for the fallout of this pandemic. To date close to hundreds upon thousands of Americans in all fifty states have contracted the virus. Worse, lives have been shattered by the untimely deaths of loved ones suddenly stricken with failed respiratory systems. Similarly, once gainfully employed workers are now economically distressed. That is to say, some 22 million Americans have applied for unemployment insurance. Overall, the nation’s system of going about our normal daily lives has forever changed. Yet when we emerge from the shadows of what will be historically categorized as a dark moment in time for the entire world, how will everyday people go about rebuilding facets of their lives?
April 30, 2020
Latinx
Webinar Discusses How Institutions Are Supporting Latinx Students During The Pandemic
Since its establishment 15 years ago, Excelencia in Education has looked at how colleges and universities across the country are intentionally serving and supporting Latinx students. Now, rather than looking at the need to increase enrollment and retention among Latinx students, the focus has shifted into how schools can best support them during the time of a pandemic.
April 29, 2020
Students
Report: A Majority of Students Say Companies Are Unresponsive to Job Applications
For 72% of college students, the stress and uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic has added to the difficulty of looking for a job, with 74% saying companies are unresponsive to job applications, new research shows.
April 28, 2020
COVID-19
New Graduates Facing Difficult Job Market Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Looking for a job after graduation is daunting enough, but searching for one amid an ongoing pandemic — during which 22 million Americans have applied for unemployment benefits — is foreign territory for graduates and employers alike. With the coronavirus closures continuing to tighten budgets all around, more and more companies are announcing hiring freezes, canceling summer internships and pushing back start dates. Worse, many businesses, still adjusting to their new remote realities, just aren’t prioritizing hiring at this point.
April 28, 2020
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Report Recommends Budget and Policy Planning to Meet Virginia’s 2030 Attainment Plan
SCHEV, the Lumina Foundation’s Strategy Labs and HCM Strategists recently released a report that details recommendations for budget and policy plans to meet Virginia’s objective. The report titled, “A Strategic Finance Plan for Virginia: Aligning Higher Education Finances and Strategies” provides a cost analysis of postsecondary education in comparison with other states, offers demand and degree production estimates and gives the overall cost of achieving the goal.
November 19, 2019
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