American Support for College Education Craters to Record Low
The number of Americans who feel a college education is “very important” has crashed to an all-time low, a Gallup poll finds.
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Report: Unemployment Rate Among Non-College Grads Reaches One of Lowest Points in Past 23 Years
Younger workers who are not college graduates are seeing one of their lowest unemployment rates in recent history, according to a Burning Glass Institute analysis reported by the Wall Street Journal.
Palantir Launches Meritocracy Fellowship Offering High School Grads an Alternative to College
Palantir Technologies, the data-analytics company founded by Peter Thiel, has launched an unconventional fellowship program that offers high school graduates a chance to skip college and work directly for the company.
Student Union Leader: Whites Should Stay Home Unless They’re ‘Poor, Disabled, Gay, or Transgender’
A student union leader in Britain said black, transgender, gay, disabled, and poor people should be allowed to return to class, while straight, able-bodied white people who are not poor should stay home, out of fear of creating a so-called “second wave” of Chinese coronavirus infections.
U.S. Student Loan Debt Remains at $1.7 Trillion, Average Owed $29,000
Student loan debt in the U.S. stands at $1.7 trillion, with the average obligation at more than $29,000, and many aren’t keeping up.
Survey: Scottsdale, Arizona Rates Tops for Job Market; Detroit Dead Last
A strong economy means better job prospects for Americans, including college grads, but some cities are better than others for finding work.
Tucker Carlson: Elite College Admissions for Dem Children ‘Quid Quo Pro,’ ‘Unregulated Lobbying’
During his Monday broadcast, Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson noted how the children of high-ranking Democratic Party officials find their ways into elite colleges, including the Ivy League, for apparently no other reason than being the offspring of those Democrats.
Survey: Two out of Three American Employees Regret Their College Degrees
According to a recently released survey, two-thirds of employees admitted to having regrets about their higher education, specifically when it came to the high cost of college, as well as the area of study. Student loans represented the largest source of regret across all demographic categories.
Google, Apple, IBM No Longer Require College Degrees for Employees
Major American companies like Google, Apple, and IBM no longer require their employees to have a college degree.
Elite College Women Earn Much Less Than Elite College Men
Elite colleges talk a big game when it comes to gender equality but the outsized gender pay gap of their graduates tells a different story.
Prof. Banzhaf: Maybe Colleges Need to Teach ‘Blue-Collar Studies’ to Educate Academics
Professor John Banzhaf of George Washington University Law School was a guest of Thursday’s Breitbart News Daily with SiriusXM host Alex Marlow, who began the conversation by mentioning the left-wing anti-election protests currently choking several citie
Fact-Check: Yes, Hillary Clinton Will ‘Add a Penny to the Debt’ — Trillions
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said during the third presidential debate in Las Vegas on Wednesday that she “will not add a penny to the debt” if elected president.
UC Berkeley Chancellor: Hillary Clinton ‘Free’ College Tuition Plan Won’t Happen
“I would love to see the Clinton administration come and make college free for students coming from families earning less than $125,000,” Cal Professor Nicholas Dirks says. “But I don’t think it’s going to happen.”
Scott Walker and Jeb Bush Challenge Hillary Clinton’s New College Education for All Plan
Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton is touting that access to higher education should be available for every individual – not just those who can pay for it – and she’s been selling her college plan with posts on Twitter.
Johns Hopkins Bans Chick-fil-A From Campus: ‘Microaggression’ Against LGBT Students
The Student Government Association (SGA) at Johns Hopkins University has banned Chick-fil-A from its campus, claiming the restaurant chain is a “microaggression” against its students.
60% of Middle Class College Students Fail to Graduate Within 6-8 Years
According to the U.S. Department of Education (USED), while 75 percent of the fastest-growing careers require post-high school education and training, more than half of middle class students who start college fail to earn a bachelor’s degree within six to eight years.
