Archive for February, 2014
By on February 9th, 2014
U.S. Designated a Champion Country in the UN Global Education First Initiative
The United States is pleased to announce its designation by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon as a UN Global Education First Initiative Champion Country. Launched by the UN Secretary General and the UN Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown in 2012, this initiative is an international call to action to raise education to the top of the public agenda by getting every child into school, improving the quality of education, and fostering global citizenship. Read the full news here.
By on February 7th, 2014
The Rise of Millennials [Infographic]
Millennials, or the Millennial Generation, also known as Generation Y, are the demographic cohort following Generation X. Commentators use beginning birth years from the early 1980s to the early 2000s. [Source] The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that by 2015 millennials will overtake the majority representation of the workforce and by 2030 this hyper-connected, tech savvy generation will make up 75% of the workforce. According to a study by the Pew Research Center, millennials outpace older Americans in virtually…