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To back his statements, Rosen cited figures from two sources:The Wisconsin Technical College System’s 2010 Graduate Follow-up Report from April 2011. It reported results of a survey of 2010 graduates of Wisconsin’s 16 technical colleges. The 17,498 graduates surveyed by the various colleges, through mail and other ways, represented 68 percent of the graduates that year.
A New York Times story about a May 2011 Rutgers University study. Rutgers surveyed online a nationally representative sample of 571 U.S. residents who graduated from a four-year college between 2006 and 2010.
A note before we proceed: Although 68 percent of the tech college grads responded to the survey, they are not a scientific sample of all grads, which could skew the results. For example, unemployed grads would be undercounted if they were less likely to respond to the survey. In contrast, Rutgers said it used a nationally representative sample of people ages 22 to 29 and that its survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points. The Rutgers national survey of four-year college graduates found that only 56 percent of the 2010 graduates had gotten a full-time job within about 10 or 11 months of graduation. (Like some of the tech college grads, some four-year grads went on to further schooling or didn’t enter the labor force for some other reason.) Of those who did get jobs, 70 percent worked in a field related to their studies. So, the 88 percent employment figure for the tech college grads is higher than the 56 percent figure for the four-year grads -- but there are some apples and oranges involved in this comparison. Tech college grads were considered employed even if they worked only part time, while the four-year grad survey measured only full-time employment among 2010 grads. More detail is available in the Rutgers study if all of the 2006 through 2010 grads are considered. In the full sample, 53 percent were employed full time, 12 percent part time, 3 percent were self-employed and 2 percent were in the military. That’s a total of 70 percent employed. Of the rest, 21 percent were in graduate school and 9 percent were unemployed. Rosen claimed Wisconsin technical college graduates earn a higher starting salary than four-year college graduates nationally. He said the median starting salary was $31,198 for Wisconsin technical college graduates and $27,000 for four-year graduates nationally.
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Scott Walker announced that he is seeking applicants for a student representative on the Wisconsin Technical College System Board. The student representative is appointed for a two-year term and must be over the age 18, a state resident,
UW System administration is proposing a change in credit transfer that will make the Wisconsin Technical College System a de facto community college system by lifting the cap on the number of credits that a student attending WTCS can transfer into a UW
The Wisconsin Technical College System's 2010 Graduate Follow-up Report from April 2011. It reported results of a survey of 2010 graduates of Wisconsin's 16 technical colleges. The 17498 graduates surveyed by the various colleges, through mail and
A supporter of the technical college system, Ruhland said it was attending Madison Area Technical College that built the pathway to her career and her experience as a teacher that provided a leadership base. “It's important to be able to see the
the $2.3 billion in tax breaks included in the budget for corporations over the next 10 years, on top of the $1.6 billion in cuts to public schools, $250 million from the UW System, and $71 million from the Wisconsin technical college system.
Cognitive Dissidence: Grigsby: Walker Sure Knows How To Pick Them
Madison – As ranking Assembly Democrat on the Joint Finance Committee, State Representative Tamara Grigsby (D-Milwaukee) expressed a sense of surprise over the newly chosen location for Gov. Walker’s signing of the Republican Budget. Following the rushed cancellation of the original signing event’s location, Grigsby stated her relief that the Republican governor opted not to sign his budgetary attack on working families at the site of a convicted felon, tax cheat and campaign contributor. At the same time, she wondered why the Walker Administration would move to a venue that relies on the very training programs gutted by the Republican’s budget. “While the Republicans celebrate their attack on working families, they are gutting the programs needed to grow Fox Valley Metal-Tech, the site of their festivities,” said Rep. Grigsby. “A quick look at Fox Valley Metal-Tech’s website shows they currently have job openings for new welders. It’s unfortunate that Republicans rubberstamped the Walker Budget and cut more than $3.6 million in funding for Fox Valley Technical College, the place where workers would get the vital skills to fill those jobs.” While nearly 10,000 citizens remain unemployed and in search of work in Wisconsin, welding positions remain vacant throughout the state due to a lack of training programs. In rubberstamping Gov. Walker’s request to gut the Wisconsin Technical College System, Republicans eliminated one-third of the system’s state aid, a cut that totals nearly $72 million. Grigsby noted that Democrats on the Joint Finance Committee proposed additional funding in order to train workers for high-demand jobs, such as welding.
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