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Achieve, Inc., 2012
In today's job market, middle and high skills jobs--jobs that require some education and training beyond high school--comprise the majority of job openings and typically provide the best wages and opportunities for advancement. And almost every day, there is an article or news story discussing the "skills mismatch" phenomenon, the…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Employment Patterns, Skilled Occupations, Technical Occupations
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Todd, Lee T., Jr. – EDUCAUSE Review, 2006
Today, many high-tech, professional jobs are being sent overseas. According to TechsUnite.org, more than 150,000 technology jobs have been lost to offshoring since 2000. In this article, the author asserts that American colleges and universities are uniquely poised to help confront this economic challenge by providing basic and applied research…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Technological Advancement, Professional Occupations, Colleges