Skills in the News.
Read news from across the country about the need to prepare America's future and current workers for jobs in the middle of the skilled labor market.
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2010
Unemployed for six months or more – and still looking for a job | Christian Science Monitor, 01.29.2010
Seeking middle ground: Certification, two-year programs open career paths | Chicago Tribune, 01.15.2010
2009
For one student, a long path to college degree | Associated Press, 12.13.2009
Feeding a hunger for skills, and finding a future | New York Times, 11.27.2009
California could face shortage of skilled workers | Sacramento Bee, 10.20.202009
Most Wisconsin jobs require more than a high school diploma | Superior Telegram, 10.16.2009
A cheeky request for city funds? | Houston Chronicle, 10.09.2009
Even as layoffs persist, some good jobs go begging | Associated Press, 10.05.2009
New skills for jobless funded by stimulus | Arizona Republic, 9.29.2009
Federal stimulus money boosts job training efforts in KC | The Kansas City Star, 9.29.2009
Remaking the work force, one student at a time | Chronicle of Higher Education, 9.21.2009
Jobless in America: Is double-digit unemployment here to stay? | Time Magazine, 9.11.2009
Labor Day and the American dream | Wall St. Journal, 9.01.2009
Helping Americans compete for jobs of the future | Greenville.com, 7.19.2009
No size fits all | New York Times, 7.17.2009
Stopping the economic tsunami | The Herald News, 7.04.2009
Middle-income job market coming alive | Epoch Times, 7.01.2009
Ohio must invest in adult learners and the institutions that serve them | Cleveland.com, 6.29.2009
Despite recession, high demand for skilled labor | New York Times, 6.23.2009
Middle skill occupations poised for growth | Chicago Business Ledger, 6.10.2009
The four-year college myth | Boston Globe, 5.31.2009
A year of college for all: What the President's plan would mean for the country | Chronicle of Higher Education, 5.22.2009
Community colleges and the economic recovery | Cleveland Plain Dealer, 5.12.2009
The smart choice on energy | Sun Journal, ME, 5.10.2009
After the great recession | New York Times, 5.03.2009
'Middle-skill' jobs hold promise for the future | Bellingham Herald, 5.02.2009
Shortage of skilled workers hurts DC | Washington Post, 4.30.2009
The end of the middle class as we know it | Truth Dig, 4.29.2009
Rebooting a career, at a technical school | New York Times, 4.25.2009
COD opens new $50 million technical education building | Chicago Daily Herald, 4.24.2009
Hands-on skilled trades begging for trained workers | The Oregonian, 4.24.2009
Targeting training to jobs | Vindy.com, OH, 4.19.2009
Loebsack visits with business, education officials | Muscatine Journal, 4.18.2009
Unemployed seek training for 'green collar' jobs | New York Times, 4.13.2009
Jobs agency faces daunting task with stimulus | Arizonia Republic, 4.12.2009
Obama's new higher-education chief good for community colleges | Contra Costa Times, 4.12.2009
Community colleges play key role in tough economic times | Christian Science Monitor, 4.11.2009
After layoffs, many workers go back to school | USA Today, 4.08.2009
Brown passes amendments to budget to support Ohio green manufacturing and job growth | State News Service, 4.03.2009
Career central: MATC is go to place for area's newly unemployed | Capital Times, 4.01.2009
Job opportunities exist as shortage of skilled workers in projected | North American Press Syndicate, 3.30.2009
Retraining America's workforce | Sustainable Industries, 3.30.2009
Lawmakers grapple with education funding | Craig Daily Press, 3.27.2009
State's growth depends on prepared workers | Indy Star, 3.16.2009
Managing editor Lisa Towers looks at the potential of stimulus spending to renew our skilled workforce | Plant Services, 3.12.2009
President Obama's remarks on education reform | Time, 3.11.2009
Short- and long-term joblessness fixes | The Hill, 3.10.2009
Workforce development essential to Obama's health care IT initiative | The Huffington Post, 3.03.2009
Educating 'middle-skill' workers | Inside Higher Ed, 2.27.2009
Training key to local stimulus package | The Register-Guard, 2.01.2009
John Tierney: Jobs a priority for economic recovery | Salem News, 1.22.2009
Some debt-laden graduates wonder why they bothered with college | ABC News, 1.16.2009
Minnesota manufacturers need more workers with more skills | St. Paul Pioneer Press, 1.14.2009
