IVESC:Which Vocational Degrees Pay Off?

Time: 2015-06-15 09:53:55

June 15,2015(Educators)Some one-year certificates lead to double-digit wage gains.There's very little scholarly research in the area of vocational training. Hundreds of researchers have looked at whether the cost of a four-year degree is worth it and at ho...

IVESC: Silenced Workers Who Lost Jobs to H-1B Visa Abuse (Quietly) Speak Out

Time: 2015-03-22 10:21:43

March 22, 2015(Educators)The Senate Judiciary Committee recently held a hearing into abuses of the H-1B skilled guest worker visa program. Lawmakers heard experts describe how the use of foreign workers has come to dominate the IT industry, with many tech gian...

IVESC: Obama Student Loan Push Behind $22 Billion Write-Down

Time: 2015-02-08 10:21:05

February 8, 2015(Educators)The rising popularity of one of President Obama's biggest but most overlooked efforts to reduce student debt is creating a stir in the wake of a large reported credit write-down to the government.The use of income-based repayment...

IVESCFederal Student Loan Debt Tops $800 Billion

Time: 2015-02-05 10:20:29

February 5, 2015(Educators)From November 2013 through November 2014, the aggregate balance in the federal direct student loan program -- as reported by the Monthly Treasury Statement -- rose from $687,149,000,000 to $806,561,000,000, a one-year jump of $119,41...

IVESC: Vocational High Schools: Career Path or Kiss of Death?

Time: 2014-05-02 09:53:22

May 2,2014(Educators)Education professionals are split on whether vocational training in high school helps or hurts students.Vocational education historically has been prevalent in European countries, such as Finland and Germany, but often comes with a stigma ...

IVESC: Americans Learn to Succeed by Learning from Failure

Time: 2014-02-05 10:19:59

February 5 2014(Educators)America succeeds because Americans fail and forgive. That's the intriguing message -- or part of it -- of Megan McArdle's new book The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success.McArdle, a Bloomberg blogger and co...

IVESC:Women Losing Out on Career and Technical Education

Time: 2013-07-29 09:52:52

June 29,2013(Educators)High school training courses help men find good-paying jobs, but limit the labor force options for women, new study shows.EFFORTS ABOUND AT THE federal, state and local levels to renew interest in vocational education and apprenticeship ...

IVESC: Before Going off to College, a Psychological Separation or Too Much Homework?

Time: 2012-08-23 10:19:24

August 23, 2012(Educators)Come September, many young peoplewill be leaving home to go away to college. Students and parents are excited about this new journey. But in addition to the excitement, there is often anxiety about moving out of the comfort zone of ho...

IVESC:Career Technical Core Preps Students in STEM

Time: 2012-04-24 09:52:21

April 24.2012(Educators)IN RECENT YEARS, college readiness standards have been a central—and at times controversial—centerpiece of education reform discussions. For a large number of students, however, college isn’t in the cards but a career with earning...

IVESC:So Many Paths to Follow

Time: 2011-08-26 09:51:49

August 26,2011(Educators)A Georgia honors student with a 1350 SAT score, he knew he wanted to go into computer science, so he went to local computer companies and asked what they wanted in an employee. "They told me I would be more marketable if I had pra...