the quantitative skills and the computer skills required of a -- of a plant operator in a chemical operation far exceed where we were a while back. i think it's at this level that the community colleges can play a very significant role. and it's not about a general curriculum at the community college level. it's really about a crick lat designed for the local industry to provide skilled workers that we'll need. i will say, we have had great partnerships in areas where we manufacture. the communities, the counties, the states really do want to work with us in terms of developing those skilled workforces. at the -- at the professional level, i would say we recruit mostly scientists and engineers. over 70% of our professional staff have engineering ining d. we are concerned about the numbers of u.s. students, u.s.-born students who are interested in careers in science and technology. at the research level, we hire research scientists that are trained by u.s. research universities. the leading research universities. you look in their chemistry department or physics or biology department, you'll

and i'm prepared and skilled to get it. we're still rve of the worst economic crises in three generations. and i'm not going to lie to you guys. you know it. we've still got a long way to go before everyone who wants a job can find it. i'm sure that if we traveled all around here, there are a lot of folks who want work and can't find it. you know, when you are out of work, that wears on you. it's not just the income. it has to do with your sense of place and your sense of dignity and your ability to support your family and the pride you take in that's part of what america has always been about is what our work means to us. the values we put behind our work. we don't just do it for a paycheck. and so this has been hard on folks. it's been hard on our country. and it's going to take some time before middle class americans regain the sense of security that's been slipping away way before this recession hit. a lot of these factories were moving out before this recession hit. there's a lot of outsourcing going on over the last 2

you just need to find out how to acquire the specific skills, the specialized skills that the companies need and you need to find that out as quickly as possible. everybody in america should be able to get those skills at a community college like nova. and companies looking to hire should count on these schools to provides them with a steady dream of workers qualified to fill those specific jobs. as mike mentioned, he worked in the real he's goes a knack for computers so he thought he would try a career in cyber security. lucky for mike, nova is home to a program called cyber watch. so he's working while going 20 school. but in december, mike earned two certifica certificates, and by the way finished with a 4.0. now he's working towards his associate's degree and when he graduates, mike will have access to a network of over 40 companies and government agent sirs to help him find a job so we need more stories like mike's and that's why my administration is helping community collegesal redesign programs so stoounts can learn the skills that are most in demand. that's why we're making a na

, advanced skills. it's got a tremendous small business focus. and there's literally hundreds of different ideas on how to leverage community colleges and ways to drive jobs. i travel the world, spent a lot of time outside the united states. everybody around the world has an employment issue. yet very few people know where the open jobs are and know how to get people trained for those jobs. the left-hand side i think championed by small business, embraced by big companies, focused on community colleges as to a way to get people with the right skills now employed and in the job area. the right-hand side was the brain child of paul owed linney from intel. the idea is how do you get 10,000 more engineers graduating in this country. we graduate about 135,000 engineers in the united states every year. china and india together graduate a million every year. so we have a large opportunity. and if you look by 2020, what most economists would forecast is there will be a 2 million job deficit, mainly in engineeri

you just need to figure out how to acquire some of the specific skills, the specialized skills that the need, and you need to figure that out as quickly as possible, hopefully, without taking on tons of debt. everybody in america should be able to get those skills at a community college like nova. and companies looking to hire should be able to count on these schools to provide them with a steady stream of workers qualified to fill those specific jo jobs. that's why mike was sharing his story. as mike mentioned, he worked in the mortgage and real estate industry for ten years, but when business declined after 9/11, he decided to start over. so, he began selling building materials. then the bottom fell out of the housing market, so mike had to start all over again. he's got a knack for computers, so he figured he'd try a career in cyber security, where there is a lot of hiring. that is going to be a growth industry. luckily for mike, nova is home to a program called cyber watch. so, he signed up. even though he's driving a limo on the side, he's still got to pay the bills, so he's workin

incredibly skilled work. i think at that time, that was, you know, 20 years ago they were paying $20 an hour to those people cutting and i couldn't have done it. can you describe some of the other kind of skilled work. we talk about this as unskilled labor, but i'm wondering if you could describe the kind of skills that are necessary and that are possessed by the current workforce and why it might be very difficult to replace those skills with an entirely new workforce. >> certainly. for a lot of our commodities in california but throughout the country, they're being much more mechanized and so you have to have a skill set that takes years and years to try to learn that. if you operate this machinery in an effective and safe manner, but today for such a demand for locally produced food, what you're seeing in your area, we're seeing with urban agricultural throughout california, talking to some of my contemporaries and other state farm bureaus. what we are seeing throughout this country, folks going for more o

it meant the white skilled workers were really privileged workers.hey received much higher pay than other workers. they received, series and received weeks of vacation leave every year and a free steamship ticket home to the united states. the silver workers on the other hand lived in shacks, were fed and cafeterias at a big frost. one guy who procured the food for the workers said we feed the soul for workers like i feed my hogs in omaha. we feed them out of the big trough. they have no seating, they have to sit under a porche in the rain. radically different conditions. you saw evidence of the segregation system throughout the zone. the u.s. built large, series, shops where workers could buy what they needed and very reminiscent of jim crow in the u.s. where big sign on the entrances, gold versus silver. in that way that sense of segregation and a kind of privilege -- class pillage dominated. >> host: how many died building the canal? >> guest: statistics on that are tough to come up with. i think during the u.s. period the statistics are about 2,0

employers today are looking for the most skilled educated workers. i don't want them to find them in india or china. i want those businesses to find workers right here in the united states. the skills and training that employers are looking for begins with the men and women who educate our children. all of us can point to a teacher who's made a difference in our lives and i know i can. so i want this congress to give our schools the receke good tea and reward the best teachers. and in return, they also need to give the schools the flexibility to stop just teaching to the test and start helping the kids who are having trouble to learn. so making sure we have got the most skilled workers starts early, it starts with k through 12, it starts before k through 12, making sure every child is prepared and when an american of any age wants to p s ts to pursd of higher education, whether it's that high school grad who's just trying to get that first couple of years of college education, or somebody like mike, who's in the process of retraining, whether it's tw

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. >>> plus, from the battlefield to the office, how vets are honing their war skills. giving vets a chance. >>> and why that app your child could be putting your family at risk. >>> but first, what if your kid works hard, hits the books, plays the violin and didn't get into college because of your race? the supreme court is, again, looking at affirmative action and whether it belongs in the college admin process. love y welcome, everyone. let's start with this occasion. in 2003 in a case involving the university of michigan law school, the court upheld a prior ruling saying admissions officers can indeed consider race as part of a wholistic recrew of an applicant's file. a student says she was not accepted because she is white. at the same time, some asian american students say they don't even identify their race when they apply for college because some studies suggest they need to have higher scores than white students to get into some colleges. nicole, when it comes to college admission, should race still be considered? >> race should definitely be considered. when w

what is the important skill or skill set of a veteran to translate for these companies?ftentimes they focus on what they did in the military from an operational standpoint. i operated a machine gun. i drove a truck and they don't really talk about the values that they learned. >> and that's the veteran. >> you've got it. >> you have to learn to say, look, i ran a machine gun. but this is how what i learned doing that is going to help you solve problems and save money in your workforce. >> right. what we try to do with them at first do is teach them through what you're going to be doing in the corporate environment. let's start first by how you did it in the military. get them comfortable. help them understand what it's all about. then they start to draw connections. this is the way it works in the corporate world. there's a lot of similarities. there are a few things that are very, very difference about it that you have to. >> there's leadership that you learn in the military. that's something that's important. i want to ask chris lawrence about that. as we talk about dr

i think 82% of manufacturers can't find the skills they're looking for. some of those skills are not there because universities and so that there ought to be. they're trying to convince that this next generation of workers working in manufacturing is the cool thing to do. in ohio, they make $67,000 a year. so these are high-paying jobs. these gentlemen that tour all the time, they're increasingly high tech jobs f. i we thought that was pretty efficient. now that same operator has tleerm, and not only the ability to work the monitor but understand the software enough to fix part of our challenge, i think, is to change the roughly 47 programs to make it more efficient. this is, again, what's frustrating, hearing the great things these guys are doing at the state and local level. i don't think the federal government is doing their part. but even when you get to that, we have to change this image, i think, of manufacturing. >> to the senator's point, at the n & m, we're talking about precisely that. 68% of americans respond and believe it is critical to econo

you might have the skills but you're not necessarily in that region. you actually say the president wants companies like yours to manufacture in the united states and you do. you have 6 to 8 positions to fill. but you can't fill them. why? >> well, because of industry has become very high tech. and so we need eem with the skill sets to render high tech equipment and they have to have a lot of math. as steve was mentioning, the s.t.e.m. is so critical in the training. we no longer have positions where we can just take smgz someone off the street and train them because it's so involved in the technology. so i'm really proud to say as part of the president's council, i've helped develop a program called right skills now in minnesota and nevada which is training beginning cnc machinists for our industry. >> so you're actually helping train the people to fill the jobs that you need. what responsibility to companies have to help create these jobs and not just ask for lower taxes or fewer regulations or, you know, the workers up their skills. >> i think there

, cognitive skill, wages go up.ocial intelligence skill, team building, leadership, the ability to work well with others to develop others, wages go up. you know what? when we look at the data, those same two skills, you add more analytical skill, you add more social intelligence skill to a service job, the wages in that job go up steeper and faster than they do for a knowledge job. >> but ultimately, don't we have to control how much those wages go up? otherwise we end up paying too much for things that we assume that we pay less for? >> well, i think this is the false dilemma in american life. you know, in the 1920s when my dad worked in a factory, he had a terrible job, he made low wages, it took nine people, my grandmother and grandfather and seven siblings to make a family wage. we made manufacturing jobs good jobs in this country, weren't always good jobs, how did we do it? we allowed people to form unions, we allowed productivity but we paid more for our cars. what did henry ford say? we have to enable the pe

technical skills and technical ability than the u.s. has in its own type of skills and ability. so i don't have a single clean and fair, but i think there's a series of overlapping different issues. ..

it's also about skill trades. we've had union involvement of both the carpenters and the operating engineers partner with us on these programs. so those are all very good. so if you go down the list, the one of critical nature that is overlooked too often is connecting. i encourage you to go to mi talent.org, a portal we launched last fall which is literally to say it's not about jobs being open, it's about career planning. we have 70,000 open jobs in michigan today. we could drop our unemployment rate by 2% by filling those jobs. it was not readily available for our citizens in helping them plan a career. there are two specific items i mentioned to your committee for your contraction, one about looking at the new grants. too often you hear of a block grant. i recommend a middle ground. we want to be held accountable. we want metrics and measures to say we're succeeding. the last thing i would mention as a critical issue that would help immediately which is on the immigration front. immigration is a very difficult

it's also about skilled trades. we've had union involvement of both the carpenters and operating engineers partner with us on these programs. so those are all very good. so if you go down the list the one overlooked too often is connecting. i encourage you to go to the portal we launched last fall which is literally to say it's not about jobs being open it's about career planning. we have 70,000 open jobs in michigan today. we could drop unemployment by almost 2% by filling those jobs, and that was not something readily available to our citizens in helping them plan a career. so connecting is critically important. there are two specific items i'd mention to the committee for your consideration. the workforce investment act, about potentially looking at ways to do that. too often you hear the model of federal government of priptive programs. i recommend a middle ground. we want to be held accountable. we want metrics and measures to say we're succeeding, but i ask that be done in a portfolio-based approach of metrics

tom, it had such trouble finding skilled workers, it started training its own. >> pretty amazing story. looking for its own workers, train them, stock market here today, still absorbing some of those job gains we saw on friday. not much follow-through buying, not a whole lot of selling either. we'll take a look at tonight's market to kuchlt kuchlts-- focus. stocks closed well off their worst levels of the day, but the major indices couldn't make up for all of the early session selling. with still no deal with greek bondholders, the s&p 500 fell almost 1% in the first 10 minutes of trading, but finished the day down just a fraction. energy stocks were the leaders. this energy exchange-traded fund rallied 1% to its highest close since the august sell-off. a mix of energy stocks fueled the gains. oil and natural gas explorer cabot and refiner sunoco were up 3.4% each. coal miner alpha natural resources gained more than 3%. one to watch tomorrow could be explorer anadarko. fourth--quarter earnings were much stronger than expected before accounting for a settlement related to the 2010 gulf

no skill is as fundamental to student achievement as the ability to read. something profound happens when a student passes from third grade to fourth grade. from kindergarten to third grade, students spend the bulk of their time learning to read. but by fourth grade, our kids must be equipped with proficient reading skills so they're no longer learning to read, but reading to learn. [ shouting ] >> that's why i was pleased to be joined by tony evers to put together a read to leave task force, which was a diverse group of educators, reading specialists, parents and others from across the state to create a plan for improving the reading skills of our students. in addition to thanking dr. evers, i also want to commend representative olsen and representative jason fields, as well as each of the other task force members for working together on read to lead. >> wisconsin used to lead the nation in fourth-grade reading assessment. but by the time i took office, we sunk to the middle of the pack. we can all agree that we can and should do better. as part of our rea

you just need to figure out how to acquire some of the specific skills, the specialized skills, thatpanies need a need to figure that out as quickly as possible, hopefully without taking on tons of death. debt. everybody should be able to get those skills at a community college life nova and companies to be able to count on the schools to provide them with a steady stream of workers qualified to fill those specific jobs. that is what mike was sharing his story. as he mentioned, he worked in the mortgage and real estate industry for 10 years but when business declined, he decided to start over. he began selling building materials than the bottom fell out of the housing market so might have to start all over again. he has a knack for computers. he figured that he would try a career in cyber security where there is a lot of hiring. that will be a growth industry. luckily for mike, nova is home to a program called cyber watch. he signed up and even though he is trying a limit -- driving a limousine on the side, he is working while going to school. in december, mike earned two certificate

and really utilizing american skills. hardest working people probably on the planet. we get knocked down, and every time, we say we're going to get back up and do something about it. and if you look at the last seven months, a lot of positive things that happen. surely we are not coming out of this recession as fast as we would like to, but for seven months we have had a positive job growth. and you have seen economic growth that is beginning to occur. and of the american public is beginning to have their confidence in the economy restored. there is a lot of pent up capital, over $1.50 trillion of pent-up capital that american business has not invested. and the key part of that is restoring your confidence. what san francisco is doing, i think is a step in that direction. and you will be seeing the president's budget coming out shortly. and i think it is a blueprint in terms of how we go from here. i just talked to another individual that i would like to highlight. benito delgado olsen, i believe, who is doing a program h

in many cases, with very good skill sets. but, again, those skill sets may not match what -- what is needed. so we need to make it affordable and easy for our returning service personnel to access programs in our community colleges, certificate programs or programs that will qualify for degrees. and we actually just need to make a special effort. our labor department in our state is doing that. i've asked all my commissioners to be mindful of that. we're talking to all of our private and public universities to make sure that they understand that this is a special obligation that we owe to the people who have served us -- >> i agree with you. let me ask the question of governor snyder. you know that we're very concerned about our young -- young teenagers and young adults, particularly latinos and african-american, their unemployment rate is so very, very high. what are you doing in your state to address that problem and that group so that they can get jobs? >> that's a very timely question. because we're doing our budget messa

, cognitive skill, analytical skill, wages go up. if you add more what we call social intelligence skill, team building, leadership, the ability to work well with others, to develop others, wages go up. you know what? when we looked at the data, those same two skills, you add more analytical skill, more social intelligence skill to a service job, the wages in that job go up steeper and faster than they do for a knowledge job. >> but ultimately, don't we have to control how much those wages go up, otherwise we end up paying too much for things that we assume that we pay less for? >> i think this is the false dilemma in american life, you know? in the 1920s when my dad started working in a factory, he had a terrible job. he made low wages. it took nine people, my grandmother and grandfather and seven siblings of my father and his siblings to make a family wage. they weren't always good jobs. how did we do it? we allowed unions, productive ilt, but we paid more for cars. what did henry ford say? we have to let them -- we pay more for th

let's review the 5 social skills involved in modeling and active teaching.ed how to develop empathy in our children... how to think and act more generously... the importance of respect... that it feels good to help other people... and finally, we've learned the value of cooperation and compromise. this program has looked at many of the steps we can take to promote positive social development during the early years of childhood. ooh! they followed you! hi [kiss] hi. hi, sweetie. hendrick: those of us who work with infants and toddler have made a strong commitment to help them delop socially by forming nurturing, responsive relationships and by developing active, responsive commucation with each baby. girl: put it in the bathtub. into the bathtub. that's a good idea. you're going to have a bubbleath... hendrick: with the older preschoolers, we've learned the value of modeling and active teachin and how important play can be in developing a child's social skills. $5.00. you've got $5.00? thank you. ok, where are you going to take your groceries to now? to my mo

that they could use in their lives, life skills. they can no longer teach those skills because they have to address the standards. these students are going to be tested on the standards. gifted students are left behind totally because they are already proficient or distinguished, and so teachers don't feel that they can use time -- their time to work with these gifted students. so consequently, test scores of our gifted students are getting lower and lower. and these are -- many of these are the future leaders of our country. and we're not meeting their needs. so those students come to school and go home and have not learned throughout the day. but the real concern of mine, and i do work with gifted students, but is what i hear from the special ed teachers and their concerns that they have that they can no longer -- they deeply care about these students or they wouldn't be in these jobs. they couldn't be in these jobs. but they cannot address the needs that these students really need in their classrooms. we have even had an instance

we're talking about learning circus skills -- and stance, juggling -- handstands. you have some experience with burlesque and some acrobatics. >> i had taken a class that is no longer in baltimore. i have been performing for a while but wanted to add new sets of skills. >> we have me on the video on the tight wire. i had no idea that these skills could be a good workout. >> having to hold your body weight for minutes at a time or somebody else's is intense workout. >> we're talking about how the offer someone different dance classes whether it's a modern, jazz, or about wballot. let's go back to tony. >> you have to hold your entire body weight? i will need some help with that. i have to lose 150 pounds. moonlighting with ava all this week and today she is at the circus. 27 degrees in taneytown. it is a chilly start for us. we have a few high, thin clouds. we're watching a system move across the ohio valley. we have a slight chance for a rain shower this afternoon. a mixture of sun and clouds. alight chance for shower. the seven-day forecast, we have a slight chanc