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OPINION: Training programs are welcome, but let’s not overlook the benefits of a bachelor’s degree

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By 2031, we estimate that 43 percent of all jobs and 66 percent of good jobs will demand a bachelor’s degree or higher. Earlier this year, Maryland dropped the degree requirement for thousands of state government jobs. Since the 1980s, the U.S. Furthermore, median lifetime earnings for master’s degree holders are $1.6

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With new “talent visas,” other countries lure workers trained at U.S. universities

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We’re in a global race for talent,” said Gerard Grech, founding chief executive of Tech Nation, the nonprofit organization that the British government appointed to administer its new global talent visa program. from Turkey Under the U.K.’s Related: In Japan, plummeting university enrollment forecasts what’s ahead for the U.S.

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COLUMN: Conservatives are embracing new alternative school models. Will the public?

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The event often felt like a pep rally for options beyond traditional school districts, where enrollment fell in the pandemic and is expected to drop another five percent by 2031. We cannot give up on public education even though some government leaders have.”

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