{"id":1116,"date":"2016-11-08T10:11:09","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T18:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/ourfuture\/?p=1116"},"modified":"2016-11-08T10:12:27","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T18:12:27","slug":"seattle-times-article-show-the-importance-of-a-college-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/ourfuture\/2016\/11\/08\/seattle-times-article-show-the-importance-of-a-college-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Times article emphasizes the importance of a college degree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An article by Katherine Long<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/education\/states-students-falling-short-in-level-of-education-for-new-jobs\/\"> &#8220;State&#8217;s students falling short in level of education for jobs&#8221;<\/a> shows the importance of college attainment to residents of Washington State and local businesses. According to a recent report conducted in the state, &#8220;69 percent of high-school students from 2006 have no degree, not even a certificate from a community college or a professional license.&#8221; The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waroundtable.com\/wa-kids-wa-jobs\/\">Washington Roundtable <\/a>estimates that 740,000 jobs are expected to open in Washington in the next five years and well over half will require a college degree, certificate or apprenticeship.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An article by Katherine Long &#8220;State&#8217;s students falling short in level of education for jobs&#8221; shows the importance of college attainment to residents of Washington State and local businesses. According to a recent report conducted in the state, &#8220;69 percent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/ourfuture\/2016\/11\/08\/seattle-times-article-show-the-importance-of-a-college-degree\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/ourfuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/ourfuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/ourfuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/ourfuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/ourfuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1116"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/ourfuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1118,"href":"https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/ourfuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116\/revisions\/1118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/ourfuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/ourfuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/ourfuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}