CNN Your Money July 28, 2013 19:01:00
Country stressing the importance of education for combatting the job threatening forces of globalization and technology. familiar themes, yes but a very, very different time. back then, the unemployment rate was 5%. today, it is 7.6%. gdp was growing at an annual rate of more than 3%. today, it is 1.8%. in 2005, tuition at knox college was $24,960. today, it is more than $38,000. that's a rise of 53%, something you have seen nationwide. the president says this country has cleared away the rubble of the financial crisis. he also says, there is much more to do. the question, will a renewed laser...