March 4th, student protestors in Oakland picketed as part of ‘National Day of Action for Public Education.’ Protests started back in September 2009 at UCLA, and has now spread across the United States as an all-out movement to fight increased tuition costs for college students. The protests migrated to Colorado last week when about 600 people marched from Denver’s Metro Campus to the State Capitol. At the same time, protests turned violent at Northern California’s UC Berkley when police attempted to block a walking demonstration. Participants around the country were trying to shine a light on the growing number of students who will no longer be able to afford an education at their current colleges or universities. (more…)
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The Cost of Not Having Higher Education
If you’ve considered going to school for a college degree, then you’ve considered tuition costs, textbook fees and travel expenses. People also turn to online education to extend and expand their career options. Online classes eliminate textbook and travel costs and offer an economical solution to rising tuition of traditional education. While it’s true that quality online programmes and degree programs aren’t free, they are affordable, especially when you consider the cost of not having a higher education at all.
Gaining higher education has a direct effect on your career. In fact, statistics show that the higher the level of education, the higher the amount in earnings a person will receive, proving that continuing education past a high school level is the best way to hold on to a career and achieve financial success.
Higher education is vital to remain competitive in the job market. According to “The Book of Knowledge” put out by Merrill Lynch, 50 percent of employee skills become outdated in three to five years. In India, nine out of 10 employees in an international workplace survey said they feared that their current skills would be outdated within five years. On the company side, the cost of replacing lost talent averages to 150 percent of a person’s salary (Mercer Survey of Australia at Work). This makes a strong case for companies and employees to invest in higher education to upgrade and update skill sets. Gaining certification allows you to re-train to ensure you can keep the job you have or easily transfer to another position. Taking online courses is an affordable and fast way to earn a certificate that confirms you have the skills that meet the demands of a continuously changing industry.
Credentials are everything. Think about it. Would you go to a dentist who only has a high school diploma framed on the wall? Would you hire a lawyer who dropped out of college before gaining full expertise in law? You feel more comfortable paying a person more money when you trust that they know what they are doing and have the education and certification to back it up. To convince employers and customers you have the skills to do the job, certifications and degree programs are the way to go.
Higher wages brought on by higher education isn’t new. In the early 1900’s, education was scarce and only a minority of adults had a high school diploma. Working life was dictated by supply of labor and the demand for skilled workers; formal education was not necessary to do the job. As society has continued to evolve, annual earnings of workers increased with education. In the 1970’s, as technological changes started to occur, the corporate world favoured a more educated working population and started compensating generously to attract educated employees. By 1975, full-time workers with a higher education earned 1.5 times the annual wage of workers with a high school diploma. And, by 1999, this ratio had edged up to 1.8.
Statistics prove that gaining higher education and achieving certification is the best way to get the expertise you need to land a more lucrative career. For a higher education experience that works around your schedule, turn to Gatlin International. GI certificate courses can help you gain a lucrative position in the industry of your choice, empowering you to reach financial goals and provide for your future.
e-Business Important Tool in Competitive Economy
Having an e-business certificate is important for success in today’s economy. This article from The Brunei Times describes how the growth of the Internet has changed the way companies do business.
The highly competitive economic environment today demands businesses to strive to create, to invent and to innovate not only products but also business models and processes to ensure their survivability.
Dato Hj Yusof Hj Abdul Hamid, deputy minister of communications cum cochairman of the 11-Business Leadership Forum (EBLF) stated this during the first ever dialogue session between private companies in the ICT sector and board members of the Authority for Info-Communications Technology Industry of Brunei (AiTi) at Empire Hotel and Country Club yesterday.
He said that the existing competitive environment highlights how e-business can be used as a tool to help companies progress.
“We have made many achievements thus far, and I am confident that we will keep on doing so,” he said, adding that with better planning, consultation and socialisation between relevant players, any challenges that lies before them can be resolved and turned into opportunities.
The deputy minister gave a brief history of the development of ICT in the country, stating that ICT development initially began with the Telecommunications Department being the only service provider that offered voice telephony.
The advent of Internet services has changed the entire telecommunications landscape as it became the basis for communication, changing into a global infrastructure of increasing value in many dimensions.
“Its ability to absorb new technologies and to support an increasing variety of applications
are indicators of the power of its simple, clear and well-defined architecture,” he said.
The government, he added, was aware of the country’s advancement towards ICT, as they made changes by corporatizing the telecommunications department and creating AiTi.
“Since its inception, AiTi has played an important role as the promoter for the development of ICT industry in Brunei and through the dialogue, I hope that the agency will be able to acknowledge and understand the voices and challenges of the industry in order to create a blueprint specifically for the development of the local ICT industry.”
The deputy minister pointed out that the formation of the EBLF, a proposal by BIT Council was approved by His Majesty in February 16 this year, with its main function is to monitor and make decisions on e-business initiatives and programmes in Brunei and is accountable on its total effectiveness.
“The dialogue is the first of its kind and is an initiative that provides a platform for those industries involved in ICT, be it users or developers, to participate and suggest the way forward for the development of the ICT in the country,” he said.
He went on to say that the event can he seen as part of the business process management life-cycle which contains the elements of design, modelling, execution, monitoring and optimisation where he hoped that the consultative effort would not be wasted, stating that its focus should be in getting clearly defined solutions for development.