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New National Survey Finds Pandemic-Driven Shifts in Gen Z Priorities for Education and Work Persist

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS, June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Four years of pandemic-associated shifts in education and life experiences have culminated in lasting changes to students' perspectives about their future education and work, according to the latest Question The Quo Education Pulse survey from ECMC Group.

Key Points: 
  • Only 13% of Gen Z teens feel prepared to make a decision about their education and career path after high school.
  • Many students see two or three years of postsecondary education as the ideal program length, and more than two-thirds say their preferred educational environment would involve hands-on or on-the-job learning.
  • According to the survey, 65% of Gen Z teens believe education after high school is necessary compared to 59% in February 2020.
  • And while the majority want to pursue an educational path after high school, only 13% feel prepared to make a decision

Homebot Acquires Quo, a Mobile App for First Time Homebuyers

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023

As part of the acquisition, Quo’s team, led by Co-Founders Tucker Haas and Neel Yerneni will join the Homebot team.

Key Points: 
  • As part of the acquisition, Quo’s team, led by Co-Founders Tucker Haas and Neel Yerneni will join the Homebot team.
  • Quo’s app helped first time homebuyers get mortgage-ready by guiding its customers throughout the home buying process — starting with the daunting task of qualifying for a loan.
  • "Later this year, Homebot's customers will have the ability to offer a Homebot native mobile app to their millions of engaged clients and attract more first time homebuyers to their pipelines.
  • Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP served as legal counsel to Homebot.

National Study Finds Students from Underserved Populations Less Inclined to Seek Education after High School than Their Peers

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Thursday, March 2, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS, March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Less than half of students from traditionally underserved populations believe education after high school is necessary, according to a new survey conducted by ECMC Group in partnership with VICE Media Group. The survey of more than 1,000 high school students ages 14-18 from low-income, first-generation and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) backgrounds found that only 45% believe education after high school is necessary, compared to 52% of all high schoolers.

Key Points: 
  • The survey of more than 1,000 high school students ages 14-18 from low-income , first-generation and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) backgrounds found that only 45% believe education after high school is necessary, compared to 52% of all high schoolers .
  • In addition, only 8% feel fully prepared to make the decision of what to do after high school.
  • This study is the latest in a series of national surveys conducted since February 2020 to uncover insights from high schoolers about their academic and career plans after high school.
  • The latest survey, conducted in October 2022, focused specifically on gathering insights from historically underserved high school student populations.

National Study Finds High Schoolers Keenly Aware of Current In-Demand Jobs, Impacting Education Choices After Graduation

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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

MINNEAPOLIS , May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today's high schoolers are keenly aware of the impact the pandemic had on the job market and are evaluating their options as they forge their path to a career, according to the latest Question The Quo Education Pulse survey. The most recent national study of 14-18-year-olds in the United States, fielded in January, found three-quarters have heard about worker shortages, and more than one-third are more likely to pursue an education or career in an in-demand field.

Key Points: 
  • According to this survey, two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, half of high schoolers are no longer considering four-year college and less than half believe a four-year degree will make them successful.
  • In addition and despite classrooms largely returning to pre-pandemic experiences, less than half feel prepared for their education after high school.
  • The findings are from the latest iteration of ECMC Group's Question The Quo Education Pulse survey, which has examined high schoolers' attitudes about their future education and career aspirations since before the pandemic and throughout.
  • ECMC Group, in partnership with VICE Media, conducted four national Question The Quo Education Pulse surveys.

Four-Year College Has Lost Its Luster Among Teens; Less Than Half Considering a Four-Year Degree or Believe One Is Necessary for Success

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Tuesday, November 9, 2021

In addition, 53 percent believe they can achieve professional success with education attained in three years or less.

Key Points: 
  • In addition, 53 percent believe they can achieve professional success with education attained in three years or less.
  • In addition, more than three-quarters said they think about their education and career beyond high school at least weekly, with more than half thinking about it daily.
  • And while the cost of college continues to be a driving factor for where they choose to go to school, connection to a job also ranks high.
  • For instance:
    Female students are more likely to think about their education and career every day compared to their male counterparts.

Attorney Kathryn Burmeister's New Book is a Powerful Wake-Up Call to the Status Quo and Details How to Shut Off Our Obsession With It

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Tuesday, March 16, 2021

--Courtney Rowley, Esq., Personal Injury Trial Attorney, Speaker, Author of Trial by Woman

Key Points: 
  • --Courtney Rowley, Esq., Personal Injury Trial Attorney, Speaker, Author of Trial by Woman
    Do you judge yourself?
  • What if you could learn to eradicate, or at least tame, the self-judgment, quiet the critic, and embrace your chance to live a fulfilling life?
  • It takes letting go of the status quo that always demands you do more to attain more to be more.
  • Addiction to the status quo doesn't manifest itself in only one way.

Pandemic presents a rare opportunity to redefine leadership, reveals new CEMS report

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Tuesday, January 19, 2021

PARIS, Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed deficiencies in the 20th century vision of leadership, giving a rare opportunity to question the status quo, a new CEMS Guide to Leadership in a Post-COVID-19 World reveals.

Key Points: 
  • PARIS, Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed deficiencies in the 20th century vision of leadership, giving a rare opportunity to question the status quo, a new CEMS Guide to Leadership in a Post-COVID-19 World reveals.
  • This means building autonomy and resilience in learners, and stay ahead of the innovation wave, to ensure learning remains engaged and connected in the new normal.
  • "It is clear that traditional approaches to learning in large lecture theatres and leadership based on staid and inflexible ideas are dead.
  • "The pandemic has given leaders a rare opportunity to question the status quo, and to redefine the business-as-usual approach.

ThriveOn Announces Global Premiere THRIVE II: This Is What It Takes September 26, 2020

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Thursday, September 24, 2020

The sequel answers "what on Earth it will take to thrive," with innovative and practical solutions in alignment with principles, not politics.

Key Points: 
  • The sequel answers "what on Earth it will take to thrive," with innovative and practical solutions in alignment with principles, not politics.
  • "THRIVE II: This Is What It Takes demonstrates how suppressed many scientists, healers and technologies became as they challenged the status quo," said Foster Gamble .
  • "We could not have released this documentary to a world more disenchanted with the status quo and hungry for hope, grounded in solutions."
  • THRIVE II: This Is What It Takes brings viewers behind the scenes with the people and innovations that have the power to transform life for everyone.

New Poll: Young Americans Oppose Voter Suppression, Demand Civic Education

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Thursday, June 6, 2019

The poll revealed general discontent with the status quo, including opposition to voter suppression and a demand for greater civic education at high schools, colleges, and universities.

Key Points: 
  • The poll revealed general discontent with the status quo, including opposition to voter suppression and a demand for greater civic education at high schools, colleges, and universities.
  • Overall, more than 60 percent of young Americans surveyed wish to "reform or replace" the current voting system.
  • "What's clear is that young Americans are not satisfied with the status quo, and they demand change," said EVC Program Director Campbell Streator.
  • "With concerns about the rise in voter suppression and the general void in civic eduction, young Americans demand a healthier, fairer democracy for their country.

Status Not Quo partners with Port of Los Angeles to create a new mobile-friendly website with dynamic search capabilities

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, September 18, 2018

"The Port's website is critical for our stakeholders," said Rachel Campbell, Media Relations Manager for the Port of Los Angeles.

Key Points: 
  • "The Port's website is critical for our stakeholders," said Rachel Campbell, Media Relations Manager for the Port of Los Angeles.
  • "It's a great honor to work with such an incredible partner like the Port of Los Angeles.
  • Status Not Quo and the Port of Los Angeles, in the wake of this success, have already begun discussing next phases and additional projects.
  • To learn more about Status Not Quo and how this success could happen with your website, contact them for more information .