College degree is no job guarantee these days (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
In ordinary times, a college degree goes a long way toward securing employment, even during a recession. It also offers some measure of job security: Workers with at least a college diploma are less likely to lose their jobs in down times. But college grads are now finding that a postsecondary education isn't necessarily enough.
College Degree No Shield As More Jobs Are Slashed (Washington Post)
When Nena Razmara was laid off in November from her $70,000-a-year job with a high-end residential building supplier, she thought she would be working again by Christmas.
More Top Stories (Daily Press)
Nation Degree doesn't equal job In good times, a college degree goes a long way toward securing employment. But what about during a recession? C3
College educated among job losers (UPI)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. workers are finding that possessing a college degree isn't enough to escape layoffs and hold onto jobs during the recession, economists say.
College educated among job losers (Moldova.org)
U.S. workers are finding that possessing a college degree isn't enough to escape layoffs and hold onto jobs during the recession, economists say. Labor economists say the unemployment rate for workers with a bachelor's degree or higher is set to hit a record high in a recession so broad that few are immune from its consequences, The Washington Post reported Sunday. The unemployment rate among ...
Should a College Degree Be Essential? (New York Times)
To the Editor:.
To This Day, Subway Mural Project Can Still Inspire (New York Times)
A community art project has left a lasting impression on the 86th Street station on the Upper West Side, as well as on the students who created them.
It’s not too late to register for spring semester at Lone Star (Humble Observer)
Registration for the Lone Star College System spring 2009 semester is now underway through January 10.
January 2, 2009 (The Virginia Gazette)
Sam Warburg, one of just two men in the U.S. Open singles field of 128 who has a four-year college degree. ( Max Dickstein )
The Fallout (New York Times)
Tips on navigating college in the recession.
