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• Companies, universities must collaborate on skills gap: study
• Private New Jersey College Offers In-State Tuition Rate
• Union calls for teacher certification exam
• Expert shows school district funding disparities

Companies, universities must collaborate on skills gap: study Posted: 04 Dec 2012 04:03 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Companies should get more involved with university courses to close a skills gap and ease graduates' path to employment, according to a report on Wednesday. Fewer than half of young people and employers believed that new graduates were well prepared for work, the study of data in a diverse group of countries found, a problem that may contribute to soaring levels of youth unemployment. Higher education institutions, however, believed that nearly three-quarters of their leavers were ready for the workplace. ...

Private New Jersey College Offers In-State Tuition Rate Posted: 04 Dec 2012 07:42 AM PST For students accepted to Seton Hall University in New Jersey, freshman year tuition at the private school could cost roughly the same as it would at one of the state's public schools, the institution recently announced.

Union calls for teacher certification exam Posted: 04 Dec 2012 06:33 AM PST Schoolteachers should have to pass a stringent exam — much like the bar exam for lawyers — before being allowed to enter the profession, one of the nation's largest teachers unions said Monday.The American ...

Expert shows school district funding disparities Posted: 04 Dec 2012 05:18 AM PST The Texas Legislature's decision to cut $1.4 billion in grants to public schools disproportionately hurt poor districts, costing them $253 per student a year compared with $21 a year for rich districts, ...

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