undocumented students that want to pursue a postsecondary education. The information in this research examines the impact undocumented students may have in society and the economy of this country. There are thousands of undocumented students that graduate high school every year and have no opportunities to pursue a higher education degree, thus increasing the chances of poverty in this country, increase in unemployment and a serious negative shift in the economy. Given the increase role that immigrants
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figures of unemployment amongst fresh graduates has been steadily increasing over the past several years, it is imperative for students to prepare to face the probability of not being able to secure the job that they have already set their minds on. According to a study conducted by the Ministry of Higher Education in 2011, out of 184, 581 students who graduated, 44, 391 (24%) of them are unemployed. Among the reasons for unemployment were that the jobs were not suitable and graduates were not
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A shift in the way the United States prepares students for life after high school is long overdue. The U.S. education system currently fails to prepare many young Americans to lead successful adult lives because our preparation strategy is narrow, focused on readying students to attend four-year colleges and universities. As a result, many youth leave high school no more fit to succeed in college than to thrive in the world of work. Even though high school schedules lack job related courses, vocational
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of unemployed college graduates. Moreover, the number of college graduates increases every year. This resulted the increase of job seekers versus job opportunities (1). In fact, the Philippine Star through its website published that there is a 7.5% increase in the unemployment rate for the year 2014. In addition, the Philippine daily inquirer said that there is a 12 million increase in unemployed Filipinos year. In addition to issues like underemployment where in graduates of a 4 year degree course
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According to Pew research study in 2013 reveals that the 12.2% of people from the 25-32 years old with a high school graduate only were unemployed while only 3.8% of those with a college degree were unemployed. The statistics shows that having a college degree has more economic benefits for people that it did for previous
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degree, compared to Americans without a college degree, whose pay has relatively stayed the same. College-educated Americans are more likely to be employed, and are more likely to make a lot more money during their lifetime, than Americans who didn’t graduate from a college Americans who graduated from college with a degree are more likely to have a higher income, than those who only graduated from high school. For example, the article, “Here We Go Again: Is College Worth it?,”
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abroad. To restrict this is to dampen the government and businesses abilities to be leading competitors with other countries as well as provide economic stability for its citizens through labor. Of course, Americans today are concerned about unemployment or joblessness and declining industries. Right now, jobs or labor is a resource which is scarce during this current environment of economic restlessness; yet, there is a demand for jobs which cannot be supplied if the doors are not open or expanded
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could benefit from globalization and every countries enjoys the benefit of globalization (Zhang & London, 2011). For instance, let's take the current employment situation of Germany. Germany has one of the lowest levels of unemployment. In 2013, Germany's average unemployment rate is 5.3%. At present, the chances of getting a job is outstanding in a number of sectors
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school we lived in the Southside from where my mother grew up. Half way threw my 6th grade year we moved to the North Central Area. Where I attended the rest of my Middle School Years and 2 years of High School. Unfortunately, I didn't get to graduate. After the years I am proud to say I am a mother of 3 boys and also a proud grandmother of 3 grandchildren, ages 3, 2, and 11 months. My hobbies are listening to music, family bbq’s or cruising on the weekends on my days off.
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of unemployed people in the country. The unemployment rate of black is two times greater than unemployment rate of white (Fields and Weller, 2011). In 2011, the black unemployment rate was equal to 16.1 percent, while it was just 7.9 percent for whites (Fields and Weller, 2011). Schnurer (2014) states that “Giving more people a shot at economic success produces greater gains for society because more people are contributing”. According to World Bank research findings the main reason for languishing
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