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From the cited US News and World Report (incidentally, the 3rd most popular US news magazine right up through 2007 - hardly "a shitty unheard of publication") article:
"A close look at American unemployment statistics reveals a contradiction: Even with unemployment at historically high levels, large numbers of jobs are going unfilled. Many of these jobs have one thing in common–the need for an educational background in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics."
From Science magazine (an AAAS publication),
"... despite there being nearly 14 million unemployed people in the United States, American companies simply cannot find workers skilled enough in math and technology to fill an estimated 3 million permanent job openings. The solution, according to the majority of experts present at the summit, is to inspire student interest in science, technology, engineering, and math and provide better STEM education."
From InformationWeek:
"There is a significant gap between the kind of graduates the U.S. is producing and what the American economy needs today and in the future," said officials at the Partnership for A New American Economy, in a statement. "U.S. companies are hungry for talent with degrees in STEM [Science, Technology, Math, and Engineering]--these jobs are increasing three times faster than jobs in the rest of the economy. However, these positions are the hardest to fill because of the dearth of native-born Americans with these degrees."
From the New York Times (Thomas Friedman):
"The Labor Department reported two weeks ago that even with our high national unemployment rate, employers advertised 3.74 million job openings in March. That is, in part, about a skills mismatch. In an effort to overcome that, and help fill in the financing gap for higher education in Washington State, Boeing and Microsoft recently supported a plan... for students wanting to study science and technology or health care to ensure that they have the workers they need."
Sounds like they're talking present tense about the current unemployment crisis, Tom. Also looks like there's more than "an article."
I stand by my previous statements.

Sep 05, 2012 13;45
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