Tag: Education
Jamie Dimon Looks to Fix the ‘National Catastrophe’ in U.S. Education
Seeing the problems in our education system in preparing students for today's jobs, JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon has made addressing...
Verizon Commits $160M in STEM Ed to Fill Jobs of the...
You may have seen Verizon's new commercial featuring famous athletes like LeBron James and Drew Brees. But instead of promoting Verizon's newest wireless plan,...
Udacity Offers Job Solutions at WorkingNation’s Panel at Milken Conference
"The Jobs of Tomorrow Start Here" is what educational organization Udacity promises as part of its Nanodegree programs created in partnership with the world's most...
Latest Jobs Report Shows Continued Demand for Skilled Workers
The unemployment rate in April hit a 10-year low dropping 0.1% from last month to 4.4%, thanks to the addition of 211,000 jobs, according to the...
Experts Optimistic Programs Will Be Successful in Training Workers for Jobs...
A large-scale survey of technologists, scholars, practitioners, strategic thinkers and education leaders released by the Pew Research Center Wednesday found that the majority of them (70%) are optimistic...
Jobs Take Center Stage at Milken Institute Global Conference
The Milken Institute Global Conference kicked off in Los Angeles Monday bringing together 3,500 of the best minds in the world to tackle today's most stubborn...
IBM CEO on 3 Big Ideas to Build New-Collar Skills
During a recent visit to the White House, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty spoke with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ivanka Trump about the best way...
NC Students’ Careers Prepare for Takeoff at Apprenticeship Program with GE...
Saddled with plenty of good-paying jobs but not enough qualified workers to fill the positions, GE Aviation is investing in the next generation by partnering...
How a Coding Class Opened My Eyes to a New World...
Before I started working at the non-profit campaign WorkingNation about a year ago, whenever I would hear about coding, my immediate reaction would be it was...
Supermodel Karlie Kloss Launches Coding Camps to Teach Girls ‘Superpower’ Skill
Supermodel and self-proclaimed nerd Karlie Kloss gets it: every industry is being transformed by tech, and the secret language used to do that is code.
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