College graduation! An exciting time – a milestone – when all the hard work and days and days of classes are rewarded with a certificate or diploma. A time all students anticipate for years and dream of their future earnings from a great job. A time most parents have financially sacrificed for. They attend graduation [...]
Posts related to ‘Education’
What’s a College Degree Worth These Days?
Thursday, May 10th, 2012Are You Ready?
Thursday, April 12th, 2012Indonesia just experienced two massive earthquakes, and just yesterday a 4.3 magnitude quake rattled Utah’s Garfield County. This re-emphasizes the fact that Utahns need to prepare. This also underscores the importance of the largest earthquake drill in our state’s history, The Great Utah Shakeout. We’ve “scheduled” a mock earthquake next Tuesday, April 17th at 10:15 [...]
Culture in Crisis
Thursday, April 5th, 2012America has long embraced “traditional values” such as marriage, honesty, hard work and religion. Unfortunately, acceptance of these deep-rooted values has steadily dissolved. Over the last 50 years we have seen much of our common civic culture disintegrate. Social science shows that this abandonment of America’s common cultural values and standards of morality has occurred [...]
REAL LEADERSHIP
Friday, March 30th, 2012It’s fascinating to watch the Republican presidential primary race. Voters say they want a candidate with this or that political philosophy. To be sure, a candidate’s stand on the issues is very important. But from this side of the election process, I can tell you that voters put a lot of emphasis on the “feel” [...]
Common Sense on Common Core
Thursday, January 5th, 2012The worldwide market has few boundaries. Thus Utah’s businesses and workforce must be able to compete globally. For this reason, the Legislature, employers and parents are demanding that our education system benchmark its objectives against international competitors. They also demand a more rigorous curriculum. To address these concerns, parents, teachers, school administrators and experts from across [...]
Resolution for 2012: Save for College
Thursday, December 29th, 2011Utah Latter-day Saints do an admirable job saving money for church missions. Many Utah families sacrifice to save so their children can serve a higher call. Many children and teenagers contribute their own hard-earned dollars for missions. Unfortunately, we don’t do so well in saving money for our children’s higher education. Inadequate college savings isn’t [...]
Help Wanted: 1 Million Educated Workers
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011A recent study by the Utah Foundation found that higher education was ranked by Utahns among the most important factors for a high quality of life.[i] This isn’t surprising. Utahns have always taken pride in being well educated people. In fact, for several generations Utah has risen above the national average for educational attainment. Sadly, [...]
Governing from the Bottom Up is Good…But It’s Hard
Thursday, October 6th, 2011Education is by far Utah’s biggest budget item. What function of state government touches more citizens day by day than education? And what is more important to our state’s future than educating our citizens? Education is not optional: it’s a responsibility given us by the Utah Constitution. Although Utah has ranked last in the nation [...]
Student Body Mix
Thursday, September 29th, 2011Student Body Mix: No, it’s not a football play. It’s not a dance. It’s the changing face of Utah schools. Students in the Salt Lake City School District speak 128 different languages as a native tongue. Say that out loud: 128 different languages. This stunning diversity makes for classrooms which are much, much different than [...]
College for Careers: Is Utah Falling Behind?
Thursday, September 15th, 2011Personal finance guru, Clark Howard, recently quoted an AOL study of the top 10 four-year degrees which result in the best earnings. They are: Petroleum Engineering — average salary $155,000 Chemical Engineering — average salary $109,000 Electrical Engineering — average salary $109,000 Materials Science and Engineering — average salary $103,000 Aerospace Engineering — average salary $102,000 [...]
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