We are seeing permanent changes in the labor market, and are learning to operate in a new normal.

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Roland Zullo, a research scientist at the University of Michigan, says organized labor is rolling with the punches and learning how to survive in spite of vanishing manufacturing jobs.

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The Aspen Prize recognizes community college excellence in the areas of student learning, degree completion, labor market success in securing good jobs after college, and minority and low-income student success.

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The major components to the education ecosystem include availability of affordable educational resources, discovery vehicles (comprehensive and efficient search), curriculum (goal) management, personal learning networks (social), facilitators, assessment, certification, auditing, efficient labor markets, and more.

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In other areas of education, increased investment in the helping children with learning differences means that hiring in special education and related areas will be aggressive, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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