A stated goal of the Obama administration is to restore a big chunk of this employment, along with the multitude of skills that many of the jobs required.
Students risk health and well being, as well as performance in other end-of-term work, when faculty offers take-home exams without clear, time-limited boundaries.
But the G8 countries (or at least the G7, for Russia has its own AIDS epidemic to deal with) should give an undertaking that they understand what they are getting themselves into.
By contrast, the Carnegie Corporation explicitly set out to create a better world by giving away what remained of the great fortune of its industrialist founder, Andrew Carnegie.
Among employees this situation has resulted in a decided shift in desire: instead of working their way up in an organization, many now prefer to work their way out.
He needs to be a lot clearer and firmer about how he will deal with America's foes and rivals: his first instinct when Russia invaded Georgia was to waffle.
The construction of the collegiate uncorrupted culture is an integral part of the university's people-centered philosophy, which has a clear cultural connotation and unique features.