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Donna Stiglmeier
Donna Stiglmeier
Thu, 04/24/2008

Teachable Moments

Financial Moments
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April is Financial Education Month…so in this spirit…

On Monday, a Financial Education Summit took place in Chicago (see video-on-demand of the hour long summit ) focusing on “Millennials” or Generation Y, and more specifically, young adults in college…graduating with an average debt of $23,000! Including a college student, the business owner who inspired the movie “Pursuit of Happyness”, and heads of government, higher education, financial services, and national not-for profit entities, the panel conveyed many messages (not shared by all panelists): Some are...  read more »

Donna Stiglmeier
Donna Stiglmeier
Wed, 04/16/2008

Better Help Wanted

How can Massachusetts strengthen families, business, and the economy?
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“Better Help Wanted”
was an editorial title from the Globe today. Its last sentence sums up the article. Bidding the Legislature to follow Governor Patrick’s prudent desire to give the Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund $15 million, it says:

“The state’s economy can grow only if it has enough skilled workers”

The Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund, created in the economic stimulus bill of 2006, is one way to focus on regional industries and gives grants to projects backed by partners in education, training, and employment. This seems to be a “win-win-win” proposal  read more »

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