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DEBT WITHOUT DEGREE: The human cost of college debt that becomes “purgatory”

The Hechinger Report

By 2025, more than 60 percent of Georgia jobs will require some kind of post-secondary education, and now only 45 percent of the state’s young adults meet that criterion. Most economists agree that too few residents with college degrees will slow Georgia’s economic growth, which could affect all residents.

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In the Baltics, 85 millimeters separate East from West

Strange Maps

mi) of the Rail Baltica route, now under construction – underlining the economic benefits that will be realised when the connection goes live, from 2030. Total measurable socio-economic benefits have been estimated at €16.2 But their railway network is still stuck in Soviet times.

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Helping Diverse Communities Create a Relationship with the Maritime Industry

Digital Promise

The first of its kind in Puget Sound, this high school engages students interested in pursuing a career in the maritime industry, the third largest economic driver in the state. In fact, the maritime industry is projecting a shortage of more than 150,000 mariners by 2025. They require very particular career development.”.

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Colleges are adding programs in a once-decimated industry — manufacturing

The Hechinger Report

million manufacturing jobs will need to be filled by 2025. Leave this field empty if you're human: There’s buzzing and whizzing and safety goggles and white boards. In February 2017, the Vermont Economic Development Authority approved $7.1 million by 2025 — is contributing to that gap. Sign up for our newsletter.

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How colleges can become ‘living labs’ for combating climate change 

The Hechinger Report

Over the past decade, a growing number of professors in fields as diverse as business, English and the performing arts have integrated their teaching with efforts to minimize their campuses’ waste and emissions, at a time when human-created climate change is fueling dangerous weather and making life on Earth increasingly unstable.

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After decades of pushing bachelor’s degrees, U.S. needs more tradespeople

The Hechinger Report

We needed to do a better job getting the word out,” said Van Ton-Quinlivan, the system’s vice chancellor for workforce and economic development. Skilled trades show among the highest potential among job categories, the economic-modeling company Emsi calculates. And then, like many Californians, he reflects on his commute. “I

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University of Chicago projected to be the first U.S. university to cost $100,000 a year

The Hechinger Report

In addition to its reputation as an international powerhouse in the field of economics and a home to multiple Nobel Laureates, the school has grounds that are designated as an official botanic garden. The University of Chicago moved its economics department into the former home of the Chicago Theological Seminary. Weekly Update.

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