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Two reports this week indicate that the economy is improving – that is, if retail sales and home prices are considered good economic indicators.
U.S. home prices increased by the largest amount since 2006 in August, rising 0.9%, according to a report by S&P/Case-Shiller released this week.
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A new study has found that Baby Boomers are happier in their jobs – but also more stressed out.
The study, from PayScale, a company that compiles data on compensation and workplace issues, found almost 78% of Baby Boomers report having high job satisfaction. That is slightly better than Generation X (72%) and Generation Y (66.4%).
However, the study also found that almost 68% of Baby Boomers reported high job stress. That was more than Generation X (65.5%) and Generation Y (about 60%).
Universities may eventually award bachelor’s degrees in less than four years, one of many proposals currently on the table to lower the cost of college for students, according to an expert in the field.
Jeff Selingo, in a recent interview with PBS, said that “there is nothing magical about four years of college and 120 credits for a bachelor’s degree.” He said there is now a movement toward more competency-based education, where the only question is: what do you know?
While tuition prices continue to increase at many schools across the country, there was actually a slowdown in the price increase in 2013 at public universities in the United States, according to a new study.
The average cost of attending a four-year public university increased by 2.9%, according to the annual “Trends in Higher Education” report from the College Board. That’s the lowest increase in 30 years.
About 75% of female entrepreneurs are upbeat about their businesses, and 79% said their business was not impacted by the government shutdown.
A new Cox business survey showed women business leaders are concerned about the national debt ceiling not being raise. About 56% said in the survey that another recession is likely unless Congress finds a compromise and agrees to raise the debt ceiling.
The unemployment rate fell to 7.2% in September, according to numbers released Tuesday by the federal Department of Labor.
The release was delayed due to the government shutdown that lasted through the first 16 days of October because of the inability of Congress and the White House to reach an agreement on the federal budget.
By engaging students and pushing them to succeed, games may offers a new way to teach students, according to an expert on performance and gaming.
In a presentation at least week’s “Educause” conference in California, Jane McGonigal – a game designer, author and researcher – predicted that “extreme learning environments” will offer students a chance to play and create while they learn.
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Jobless claims across the United States fell by 15,000 to a total of 358,000 in the week that ended Oct. 12, according to a report from the Department of Labor.
While lower, the number is not as low as what was forecast by economists, who anticipated the total number to drop to about 335,000, according to Bloomberg.
The number still includes a backlog from California, where a break down in the system last month has led to an increase in numbers from that state the past few weeks. Additionally, the figures include some of the government workers and government contractors who lost their jobs, at least temporarily, during the government shutdown that ended this week.
A tough job market – and the low start-up costs for Internet-based businesses – is leading more seniors to form small businesses, according to the Associated Press.
One example is Crash Boom Bam, a company started by 64-year-old Jim Glay. The vintage drum company started in Glay’s spare bedroom in 2009. While it hasn’t made Glay a fortune, the company has kept him “afloat,” he told the Associated Press.
One of the co-founders of the online education company Coursera claims that shorter classes – courses that run just three weeks, for example – are better for students than longer courses.
This runs against the grain of traditional thinking in higher education, where classes generally run 12 weeks and sometimes even longer.
