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Unemployed and need to learn new skills to get hired again, but can't afford the tuition to go back to school? Help may be on the way. Democratic Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania is pushing for a new law that aims to pay community colleges nationwide $1,000 per student to retrain laid-off workers. Casey's bill would set up the Unemployment Tuition Assistance Program as part of the Department of Labor (DOL). People filing for unemployment benefits would be notified that tuition assistance may be available to them, and colleges that volunteer to participate would register with...
...whose 12.6% jobless rate is the highest in the U.S., with still more auto-plant closings coming soon, launched its "No Worker Left Behind" program in August 2007. So far the state has footed the bill - up to $10,000 per displaced worker - for 61,434 unemployed Michiganders to learn the math, technology and science skills they need to embark on new careers at companies like Hemlock Semiconductor, Dow Chemical and Dow Corning, which are investing and hiring there. Also in demand: the program's newly trained nursing assistants, physical therapists and health-care technicians...
Personality isn't destiny, of course, and everyone knows that individuals (and perhaps entire nations) can learn to change. But both of the new studies show that long life isn't just a matter of your physical health but of your mental health also...
...Beginning with the incoming Class of 2013, students will be required to graduate under Gen Ed. While the program will continue to be developed over the summer in time for the fall 2009 semester, Harvard’s accepted students can learn very little about their academic requirements at present from the Harvard College Viewbook, which merely lists the eight required Gen Ed categories...
...mostly enjoy when people are smart and wanting to learn,” he said, explaining that this is one of the reasons he so enjoys being a store owner, with Mather and Dunster Houses neighboring his establishment. “I love talking with the students. I’m talking to the future leaders of the world...