Factoids About Life...Work...the Economy:
Apollo Group, a for-profit education company, grew its revenues 24% this past quarter. The organization now services over 384,900 students. - Seeking Alpha Newsletter, 1/11/09
The stock prices of nine major public higher-ed companies were up by 4% for the past year, compared with a 39% decline in the S&P 500. - Chronicle of Higher Education, 12/19/08
China's economy has grown tenfold over the past 30 years, passing Germany as the third largest economy in the world. - Associated Press, 1/15/09
Franchising is a $2.3 trillion industry, generating 21 million jobs in the U.S. - Small Business Admin, 1/09
U.S mobile subscribers now send and receive more text messages in a month than they do phone calls (357 texts vs. 204 calls). - Nielsen Mobile reports, Internet Retailer, 01/09
As of 12/08, the federal government had guaranteed or made $65.2 billion in student loans for the 2008-09 school year, up 18.6% from the same time a year earlier. - The Wall Street Journal, 01/06/09
The global mobile gaming market will exceed $6.8 billion by 2013. - In Stat, Entrepreneur, 01/09
Companies that employ less than 500 employees represent 99.7% of all employer firms. - The Wall Street Journal, 12/26/08
Seventy percent of recent college grads would be willing to move overseas for an employer. - HR Magazine, 11/08
Nomophobia is the anxiety produced by losing cell phone contact. A recent UK study estimates that 50% of its citizens is afflicted. - Wired, 11/08