Save your job, stay in school
492 views · Published 5 June 2009 · 3:33 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: The Uptake by Bridgemakers · 2009 · News & Politics
Education has a dramatic impact on job retention during an economic recession. The numbers were confirmed in the Congressional Joint Economic Committee held Friday, June 5. The unemployment rate for high school dropouts in May was 15.5 percent versus high school graduates which was 10 percent. College graduates unemployment was 4 percent. Klobuchar referenced Pres. Obama's focus to have young people receive at least one year of post-high school graduate education.
