By Mike Watkins. Institutions are happy to provide educated employees for hot careers.
Once upon a time, a high school diploma was more than enough to get a good-paying job.
But as times changed and technology advanced and professions became more specialized, a diploma proved insufficient and the call for higher education was heard loud and clear. More...

Colleges spent $407 billion in 2013 on formal education programs, while employers spent $177 billion, according to a new report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. The report found that employers also spent $413 billion on informal, on-the-job training. That means the workforce side of the total $1.1 trillion in expenditures on training outpaced that of higher education. Read more...

PolitiFact, the fact-checking service of The Tampa Bay Times, is questioning President Obama's claim that politicians have started colleges. In a recent interview on YouTube, Obama answered a question about why young people should be interested in politics this way. Read more...