From DSC:
Along with a host of other trends, this is a piece of the perfect storm in higher ed. People will find a way to make a living — whether this involves “traditional” higher education or not. From a career development side of things, robotics may make these graphics even more pronounced as jobs move from being done by humans to jobs being done by robots.
Also see:
- The Lost Decade of the Middle Class — pewsocialtrends.org
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Addendums:
- [Infographic] The Rising Cost of Higher Education – SchoolTutoring.com <– though I would be very interested to see some of this information updated to include data up through the end of 2011; the graphics/trends would be even more pronounced
- Median income falls, but so does poverty — from money.cnn.com by Tami Luhby