PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Thursday, November 10, 2005

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Thursday, November 10, 2005

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Income of U.S. Workforce Projected to Decline If Education Does Not Improve

If current trends continue, the proportion of U-S workers with high school diplomas and college degrees will decrease and the personal income of Americans will decline over the next 15 years, according to a new report released by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. The report finds that if states do not improve the education of all racial/ethnic groups, the percentage of the U-S workforce with less than a high school diploma is projected to increase substantially, while the percentage with an associate's degree or a bachelor's degree is expected to decline. This projected drop in the average level of education of the workforce is due to large increases in those segments of America's young population without a high school diploma or college degree, combined with the retirement of the baby boomers -- the most highly educated generation in U-S history.

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HeartMath Study Finds That 55% of High School Students Are Suffering From High Levels of Test Anxiety

Student's test scores are suffering because of high test anxiety, according to a new study conducted by the Institute of HeartMath and Claremont Graduate University's School of Education Studies. HeartMath researchers found that although anxiety was a significant learning and performing block, students' who received specific interventions for this problem were able to overcome test anxiety. The study, funded by the U-S Department of Education, involved students in a range of grade levels (grades 3-12) from schools in eight states. Researchers at the Institute of HeartMath say that one of the focuses of the study was to take a closer look at the link between test anxiety and academic performance -- particularly in the 10th grade when students are first required to take high school exit exams. On the basis of this randomized controlled study, 55 percent of the nation's 10th grade students have high levels of test anxiety often or most of the time.

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Number of Sexual Scenes on TV Nearly Double Since 1998

The number of sexual scenes on television has nearly doubled since 1998, according to Sex on TV 4, a biennial study released by the Kaiser Family Foundation. And while the inclusion of references to "safer sex" issues -- such as waiting to have sex, using protection, or possible consequences of unprotected sex -- has also increased since 1998, that rate has leveled off in recent years. The study examined a representative sample of more than one thousand hours of programming including all genres other than daily newscasts, sports events, and children's shows. All sexual content was measured, including talk about sex and sexual behavior. The study found that 70 percent of all shows include some sexual content, and that these shows average 5 point 0 sexual scenes per hour, compared to 56 percent and 3 point 2 scenes per hour respectively in 1998, and 64 percent and 4 point 4 scenes per hour in 2002.

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Fifty-Eight Percent of Hiring Managers Are Willing to Increase a Candidate's Salary Offer, CareerBuilder.com Survey Finds

Don't sign the dotted line just yet... if the salary figure on your offer letter seems too low, it probably is. Fifty-eight percent of hiring managers say they leave some negotiating room when extending initial offers, according to a recent survey by CareerBuilder.com. The survey, titled "Paycheck 2005," was conducted from August 10 to August 22, 2005 of more than 875 hiring managers. Most hiring managers are accommodating when a candidate asks for a better offer, the survey found. Nearly six-in-ten say they will extend a new offer once, and one-in-ten will extend a new offer twice or more if they really want the candidate. Thirty percent of hiring managers say the first offer is final.

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PRNewswire -- Nov. 10

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