Jan 03 Happy New Year? Job Market Looking Up for College Grads? By Elizabeth Shell Editor's Note: A poor economy does not bode well for college grads trying to enter the job market. "The last couple of years have been a very, very tough time to be coming out of college," said Richard White in… Continue reading
Dec 10 Watch In U.K., More Demonstrations Appear Likely After Tuition Tripling Protests intensified in London after legislation passed to triple university tuition fees. Margaret Warner gets the latest on the protests, what's behind them and what's next with Ned Temko from The Observer. Continue watching
Dec 06 Malemployed College Graduates Cope with Discouragement By Elizabeth Shell Headline unemployment (U-3) was up to 9.8 percent in November, and the government's broadest indicator, U-6, which includes all who worked at all last month, even if just for an hour -- is holding steady at 17 percent. Add… Continue reading
Dec 06 Malemployed College Graduates Cope with Discouragement By Elizabeth Shell Headline unemployment (U-3) was up to 9.8 percent in November, and the government's broadest indicator, U-6, which includes all who worked at all last month, even if just for an hour -- is holding steady at 17 percent. Add… Continue reading
Nov 30 Watch Graduation Report ‘Encouraging,’ But Many Schools Risk ‘Dropout Factory’ Status New nationwide statistics show a rise in high school graduation rates, but there is still significant disparity between school districts in different parts of the country. Margaret Warner talks to the report's co-author, John Bridgeland, about what the findings mean. Continue watching
Oct 05 Watch Melinda Gates Urges Better Job Training as Community Colleges Innovate, Adapt President Obama shone a spotlight on community colleges Tuesday as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced that it would donate $35 million to help improve graduation rates and job-training programs. Philanthropist Melinda Gates talks to Judy Woodruff about the… Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch Rutgers Student’s Suicide Prompts Privacy, Cyber-Bullying Debates Ray Suarez looks at the varied reactions to the suicide of a student at Rutgers University and the legal questions it raises. Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch Program Aims to Increase Number of Minority College Graduates Special correspondent John Tulenko examines some of the challenges minorities face in college and a program that concentrates on helping them complete a degree. Continue watching
Jun 04 Graduates Face Tough, but Improving, Job Market By Carolyn O'Hara As 2010 college graduates begin to enter a tight, but improving, job market, the PBS NewsHour talked to university career services directors from around the country to see whether this year's graduates face brighter prospects than in years past. Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch New Law Changes Student Loan Landscape President Obama enacted a sweeping remake of the student lending market by signing the final piece of the health care overhaul into law. Jeffrey Brown talks to a higher education reporter about how the new law will impact college students… Continue watching