tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10180370.post253155574559184782..comments2023-06-14T01:48:52.385-07:00Comments on Things I Find Important: Ugly TruthDr. Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11736304410226354515noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10180370.post-18571955767955277362009-10-10T11:04:11.570-07:002009-10-10T11:04:11.570-07:00I know. The strongest indicator for the strength ...I know. The strongest indicator for the strength of an economy is the education level of its women. It's very sad that we're making so many cuts to education across country, but especially in California. Our higher education system was the model that others built from, but not anymore.Dr. Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11736304410226354515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10180370.post-32480024900294021392009-10-10T10:14:45.843-07:002009-10-10T10:14:45.843-07:00Everything we do that destroys the middle class, a...Everything we do that destroys the middle class, and prevents any *new* people from getting into the middle class will have *decades* long ramifications, all bad. <br /><br />It crushes me that education, especially education of women has such a strong positive effect on a society, not just in the 3rd world but hear, and yet we discount it entirely.Virtualbrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10766564200762381270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10180370.post-7651867375350583662009-10-09T15:20:56.471-07:002009-10-09T15:20:56.471-07:00And, as Krugman pointed out, in previous recession...And, as Krugman pointed out, in previous recessions, education wasn't impacted as much. So when education jobs open up again, there will be a lack of qualified people for them, too.<br /><br />The transfer situation from the CCs to the four-years is scary, too. The four-years are doing everything they can to deny admission. If a student even takes one CC class at a non-local CC, the student loses priority. It's bad.Dr. Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11736304410226354515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10180370.post-21056772155796376322009-10-09T14:42:25.623-07:002009-10-09T14:42:25.623-07:00There was a bit on NPR last night about places in ...There was a bit on NPR last night about places in the economy where jobs are still plentiful - health and medicine, mainly. But all of these jobs require at least several years of specialized education, in most cases. The surplus of people looking for work now will not be able to fill these open - and important! - slots unless we can somehow make that training available <i>and affordable.</i> <br /><br />And now we're cutting into that layer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com