Posts Tagged ‘STEM degrees’

The New Quarterlife Crisis

The New Quarterlife Crisis

[Originally posted on the Huffington Post.] Now that the recession has retreated just a bit from American shores, we’re being allowed a better look at its aftermath. To be frank, it’s not pretty, especially for millennials and their parents. Many of the latter co-signed on student loans and must cope with the loss of a [...]


Trendspotting: A College Conundrum

A Major Upheaval U.S. college students are encouraged to major in STEM fields to fill empty positions and rev the economy When it comes to the American job market, or lack thereof, there are some troubling incongruities. For instance: Why, with 14 million people pounding the pavement looking for work, do 52 percent of U.S. [...]