Jamie P. Merisotis

2 months ago | us9.campaign-archive.com | Mebane Rash |Ben S. Humphries |Jamie P. Merisotis

U.S. Department of Education bans educational institutions from considering race by Mebane Rash Educational institutions receiving federal funds — including preschool, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary educational institutions, as well as state educational agencies — have been directed by Craig Trainor, acting assistant secretary for the Office of Civil Rights in the U.S. Department… Continue reading → Winter weather school closures, delays, and updates by Ben Humphries Editor’s Note:...

Jan 15, 2025 | forbes.com | Jamie P. Merisotis

The end-of-year news retrospectives are over, and the “what’s ahead” predictions are wilting faster than New Year’s party flowers. But one significant 2025 milepost got little notice: Generation Z, the world’s largest generation, now makes up more than a quarter of the global labor force. “It is the one-click, all-digital generation, growing up in a borderless world,” a World Economic Forum report says about those born from the late 1990s to early 2010s.

Oct 31, 2024 | diverseeducation.com | Jamie P. Merisotis

Enormous questions confront America in this historic presidential year. But regardless of who moves into the Oval Office in January, we know this much: America will need more from our colleges and universities in 2025, not less, and we need to plan for that.

Oct 30, 2024 | forbes.com | Jamie P. Merisotis

Half a year after the Class of 2024 donned caps and gowns, even some highly skilled graduates are struggling to find jobs in their field or at the level they expected. As The New York Times reported last month, “The hot labor market has melted away—just ask new college grads.” After a couple of years in which recent graduates had the upper hand in the job market and could make big demands of employers, the pace of hiring has slowed to 2009 levels.

Oct 25, 2024 | ibj.com | Jamie P. Merisotis

Listen to this story 0:00 0:00 Loading audio file, please wait. 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 2.00 Marketers love them. Politicians court them. Colleges want them—badly. For the 69 million members of Gen Z in America, things might finally be looking up. This is the generation, ages 12-27, that grew up amid the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Iraq and Afghan wars, the Great Recession, the COVID-19 pandemic.