Posts Tagged ‘graduates’

Infographic: Tips For New College Graduates

Find the shittiest apartment known to humankind and move in with three people you don’t know from Craigslist Send one resume out and wait at least one year to hear back Remember to use your $ 35 Best Buy graduation gift card from your uncle wisely C… The Onion Tweet This Post

Obama exhorts good deeds by Morehouse graduates

ATLANTA (AP) — President Barack Obama, in a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportunity, on Sunday told graduates of historically black Morehouse College to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college and use it to improve people's lives. Tweet This Post

Study Finds College Education Leaves Majority Of Graduates Unprepared To Carry Entire American Economic Recovery

NEW YORK—According to a new study published Wednesday in The American Educational Research Journal, an overwhelming majority of recent college graduates are completely unprepared to carry the full weight of the U.S. The Onion Tweet This Post

Obama urges graduates to blunt special interests by getting involved

By Roberta Rampton COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Sunday urged college graduates to participate in politics and said that without broad public involvement special interest groups can defeat legislation supported by the majority. Obama, who said he is "obsessed with this issue" of inspiring citizens to engage with the political system, in [...]

Obama dares graduates to reject cynical voices

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A year to the day after kicking off his victorious re-election campaign on this college campus, President Barack Obama returned to Ohio State University and told graduates that only through vigorous participation in their democracy can they right an ill-functioning government and break through relentless cynicism about the nation's future. Tweet [...]

The argument for taking on student debt: High school graduates are screwed

A look at the (un)employment outcomes of recent high school graduates (PDF) who haven’t gone to college makes it easy to see why people take on so much debt to go to college. Tweet This Post

Obama to graduates: ‘A new feeling about America’

President Barack Obama is telling graduates of the U.S. Air Force Academy that they are the first class in nearly a decade to graduate into a world that has no Osama bin Laden, no war in Iraq and no questions about when the war in Afghanistan will end. Tweet This Post

Obama to address Air Force graduates in Colorado

Fresh off back-to-back international summits, President Barack Obama is delivering the commencement address at the U.S. Air Force Academy, his annual speech to service academy graduates. Tweet This Post

Fracking Industry Now Largest Employer Of Recent PR Graduates

SAN FRANCISCO—A new labor market study published Wednesday has found that oil companies with hydraulic fracturing interests have outpaced the tobacco industry, Wall Street, and the gun lobby to become the largest employer of recent college graduates… Tweet This Post