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Which college degrees are in the most, least demand?
By Stefanie Botelho. According to a new study from Chicago-based CareerBuilder and its Economic Modeling Specialists International unit, the number of new college degrees awarded in the U.S. essentially has stopped growing, rising less than 1 percent each of the last two years. More...
Obama pitches free community college plan
By Stefanie Botelho. Giving students two years of free community college is simply an extension of America’s historical emphasis on the importance of education, President Barack Obama told a crowd of about 1,000 at Macomb Community College. More...
University of California sells $200M holdings in coal, oil sands firms
By Stefanie Botelho. The University of California's chief investment officer on Wednesday said it has sold off about $200M of direct holdings in coal and oil sands companies, which he said were no longer good investments for the university's $98.2B fund. More...
First-generation college students face hurdles, stigmas
By Stefanie Botelho. It was obvious to the South Oakland resident whenever he saw students driving cars paid for back home or heard them discuss exotic travel. But his sense of isolation wasn’t simply economic — or exclusively because he is an African-American at a largely white university. More...