Posts Tagged: labor shortages

A Labor Market Mismatch in New England

Posted December 13th, 2010 by John O. Harney & filed under Newslink, Newslink Topic, Newslink Type.

A mismatch is brewing between the supply of skilled workers in New England and the increasing demand for such workers, according to a new report by the New England Public Policy Center at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.The study by senior economist Alicia Sasser Modestino shows that, over the next 10 years, New England will face not only a shortfall in the number of workers it needs to pull th...

College Labor Shortages in 2018?

Posted November 8th, 2010 by NEBHE Admin & filed under Journal Type, The Journal, Topic.

The Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce has engaged in a highly publicized campaign claiming that the nation will face a very substantial deficit of college graduates by 2018 if the American postsecondary system fails to rapidly expand the number of college degrees it awards each year. Indeed, the employment projections developed by Anthony Carnevale and his colleagues at Georgetown U...