October 2011 Issue
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Women's Pay
Measured by pay, women with full-time jobs now make 78.2 percent of what men earn, up from about 64 percent in 2000. CBS news Sept 11
UPS – High Tech Training Techniques
UPS, the world's largest package-delivery company, is expected to hire 25,000 new drivers over the next 5 years to replace a large number of retiring Baby Boomers. To train these new recruits, UPS has developed a variety of new training tools. Behind the wheel of a virtual UPS delivery truck, drivers identify and avoid obstacles, such as kids suddenly darting into the street, or parked cars. Drivers must be able to park a truck and retrieve one package in 15.5 seconds, and they are trained on a "slip and fall machine" that simulates walking when conditions are icy or wet. Wall Street Journal
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Net Price Calculator – a "game changer"
By Oct. 29, 2011, all US colleges and universities that provide federal financial aid are required to have a Net Price Calculator on their website. These online devices will offer students customized approximations of college costs based on their family size, financial status, etc. Daniel Lugo, dean of admission and financial aid at Franklin and Marshall College, called the calculator a "game-changer" for families. "It's been very hard for students to figure out bottom-line costs. Now they can." NY Times 9-9-11
College Retention Rate
Over the past two years, approximately 2/3 (67%) of all first-year students at US two and four-year colleges returned to the same institution for their second year of school. ACT Jan 2011
| 2010 Annual Salaries by Education Level |
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| No high school diploma |
$23,000 |
| High school graduate |
$32,500 |
| 2-Year College graduate |
$40,000 |
| 4-year college graduate |
$54,500 |
| Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics |
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| This and That |
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Roughly one in four married-couple household has a stay-at-home mom. That's down from nearly half of such households in 1969. CBS News
Roughly one of every five stay-at-home parents is a father. CBS News
Halloween is the 2nd highest grossing commercial holiday after Christmas.
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