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September 1, 2018
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LERA eBulletin
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In the News | Get Involved | More Reading
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Michael Lillich
LERA writer-editor
Bernadette Tiemann
LERA managing editor
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In the News
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  Last month, we posted a link to a New York Times op-ed, “College may not be worth it anymore,” that cited research by Timothy Bartik and Brad Hershbein, both from the Upjohn Institute. They published a response that argued that the op-ed distorted the implications of their research.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/opinion/college-does-help-the-poor.html
For reference, here’s the original Times op-ed.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/16/opinion/college-useful-cost-jobs.html |
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Kochan also received the International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) World Congress’ first International Academic Excellence Award at its conference this summer in Seoul, S. Korea.
**Thanks to Allison Beck (Allison Beck LR Strategies) and Greg Bamber (Monash) for the heads-up on these two well-deserved awards.
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 Newshound Dan Mitchell (UCLA) posted this item on unionization efforts by staffers at the New Yorker and Fast Company on the LERA-D listserv.
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 Teresa Ghilarducci (New School) is quoted in this Wall Street Journal (subscription required) article, “A generation of Americans is entering old age the least prepared in decades.”
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Contact Michael Lillich, LERA writer-editor, with items of interest to LERA members for consideration in future eBulletins.
(217) 898-1928. [email protected]. 311 W. University Ave., No. 202, Champaign, IL 61820. |
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Registration opens September 12 at 11am EDT for LERA @ASSA 2019, January 4-6, 2019 in Atlanta, GA. Join us for 18 LERA sessions over three days. Visit our meeting page at https://lera.memberclicks.net/lera-assa-meeting-january for complete details and how to register.
Submit a session (or paper) proposal to the LERA Program Committee by November 15, 2018, details here: https://lera.memberclicks.net/71st-lera-call. The LERA 71st Annual Meeting “Ahead of the Curve: Challenges Posed by Technology and the New Work Force” will happen June 13-16, 2019 in Cleveland, OH.
Like our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/LERAssn/). This will help us reach others who may be interested in attending. Also, there is an album of pictures from the LERA 70th Annual Meeting in Baltimore...be sure to check it out! Here is the album link: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2239132006102994.1073741829.170857039597178&type=1&l=034c7596cc
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More Reading, Viewing and Listening
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Thomas Kochan (MIT) received the Frances Perkins Intelligence and Courage Award on Aug. 19 at Perkins’ home in Newcastle, Maine. Here’s the invitation. 
Jared Bernstein (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities) is quoted in this New York Times article, “Paychecks lag as profits soar, and prices erode wage gains.”
Open Call for Sessions and Papers for the LERA 73rd Annual Meeting!