A new salary survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) has some good news for 2012 college graduates. The overall median salary for new grads has risen to $43,000, up 4.5% from the median for the class of 2011 (I’ve rounded NACE’s numbers to the nearest $1,000). A Be... Read more...
More than half of black males between the ages of 16 and 19 are unemployed, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. And that’s only countingthose seeking work. Economists say legions of other young black men — nobody knows how many — have given up looking. Sitting in an empty ... Read more...