Education
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How to train U.S. workers back into manufacturing jobs
Despite gloomy job prospects, many American manufacturers are on the prowl for top talent, but say that not enough workers are trained for the tasks. By Elizabeth G. Olson
Jun 29, 2011 10:35 AM ET -
Confronting the coming American worker shortage
Predictions of a shortage of American math and science professionals have grown dire. What can be done to bridge the gap? By Elizabeth G. Olson
May 20, 2011 10:18 AM ET -
Teaching turning into a rest stop on the MBA highway
A growing number of business and economics majors are heading into teaching, joining programs like Teach for America. Who benefits? By Gary M. Stern
Apr 29, 2011 2:57 PM ET -
American teachers under attack
With state budgets buckling, American teachers are facing the erosion of tenure protection, employee benefits, and other job protections that they fought for and won years ago.
By Elizabeth G. Olson, contributor
FORTUNE -- Who can blame American teachers for feeling beleaguered as state after state strips away the job protections, especially tenure, that they have won in recent decades?
The status teachers enjoy in many other countries often eludes them in the MORE
Mar 23, 2011 11:01 AM ETPosted in: Benefits, Collective bargaining, Education, Job security, Public unions, Teachers, Tenure -
High time for workers to go back to school?
More education could give plenty of stalled careers a much-needed boost, and extended tax breaks will help foot the bill.
By Anne Fisher, contributor
Amid all the brouhaha at year's end over extending Bush-era income tax cuts, one important feature of the $858 billion tax package passed by the lame-duck Congress tended to get overlooked: At the last minute, almost as an afterthought, legislators approved a two-year extension of Section 127, MORE
Jan 12, 2011 10:57 AM ETPosted in: Education, employer tuition programs -
Inside Yale biz school's stocking: $50 million donation
Just in time for the holidays, Yale's School of Management received a $50 million donation from Ned Evans, former chairman of Macmillan Inc., capping off a banner year for donations to elite business schools.
By John A. Byrne, contributor
(poetsandquants.com) -- Santa Claus came early to Yale's School of Management this year.
The former chairman of publishing house Macmillan Inc. pledged a $50 million gift to Yale's School of Management to help MORE
Dec 20, 2010 3:51 PM ET -
Next generation workforce: Outperformed in math and science
Former Intel CEO Craig Barrett tells Fortune why U.S. students' terrible test scores must rise for the country to remain an economic powerhouse, and how his organizations aim to help.
Interview by Scott Olster, associate editor
If you want to get a sense of what's in store for the American workforce, just take a look at how our students match up against the rest of the world in math and science. After MORE
Dec 8, 2010 3:41 PM ET
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CEO Roger Crandall thinks that means-testing and older retirement ages are inevitable, but that its unlikely entitlements for the less affluent will be touched. Play -
CEO Roger Crandall thinks rates will remain low, but says MassMutual has diversified its portfolio to protect against any changes. Play -
CEO Roger Crandall says emerging economies like China are prime growth targets. Play -
Roger Crandall says that baby boomers will have to keep working into retirement and that young people have been scared off by the stock market. Play
