Posts Tagged: Northeastern University’s Center for Labor Market Studies

Underemployed? Key Labor Market Think Tank at Northeastern Shuts Down

Posted October 6th, 2014 by John O. Harney & filed under Economy, Financing, International, News, Newslink, People, Regionalism, Schools, Student Aid, Students, Technology, Trends.

The influential Northeastern University think tank that authored several NEJHE articles in recent decades ended it operations this month. The closing of the Center for Labor Market Studies follows the retirement last summer of its director Andrew Sum, who had launched the center in 1979 with a U.S. Department of Labor grant. In 2011, Paul Harrington, who co-directed the center from 1980 to 2010, ...

Comings and Goings: They’d Rather Be in Philadelphia?

Posted February 11th, 2011 by NEBHE Admin & filed under Newslink, Newslink Topic, Newslink Type.

Northeastern University Center for Labor Market Studies associate director Paul E. Harrington moved to Philadelphia-based Drexel University. Harrington has been a frequent contributor to NEJHE and to NEBHE events****Joseph M. O’Keefe, S.J., will also leave leave Boston for Philly, departing as dean of Boston College's Lynch School of Education to become the 27th president of Saint Joseph'...

College Labor Shortages in 2018? Part Deux

Posted December 7th, 2010 by John O. Harney & filed under Analysis, College Readiness, Demography, Economy, The Journal.

    “About every two years someone comes up with this story. There is absolutely nothing to it—it's simply not true,” Peter Capelli, Professor, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, commenting on the Georgetown's college labor supply shortage forecast.—“Prediction of Worker Shortage Has Critics,” The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, Calif.), Ap...

The Real Education Crisis: Are 35% of all College Degrees in New England Unnecessary?

Posted November 30th, 2010 by John O. Harney & filed under Analysis, Commentary, Economy, The Journal.

The notion of the "college labor market" as a fixed set of occupations is remarkably static. In contrast, we assume that job and skill requirements are dynamic.(This lively debate over future demand of college-educated workers will continue in our Forum.)Northeastern University economists Paul E. Harrington and Andrew M. Sum argue that in our recent report Help Wanted, we “radically overst...

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 George...

Tierney, Oates to Speak at Biz Group Event at Northeastern University Focused on Jobs for Youth

Posted September 29th, 2010 by NEBHE Admin & filed under Newslink, Newslink Topic, Newslink Type.

The New England Council (NEC) will sponsor remarks by U.S. Rep. John Tierney (D-Mass.) and U.S. Department of Labor Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Jane Oates on strengthening connections between business  and postsecondary education for young adults in New England. The event will be held  Thursday, Oct. 21, at 8 a.m., at Northeastern University.The remarks by Tierney a...