article thumbnail

The Perfect Storm

Spark Consulting

In the United States in 2015, 32% of employers reported. Over the next week, I’ll be blogging about and sharing excerpts from The Association Role in the New Education Paradigm , the eighth white paper in the ongoing Spark collaborative series. Total student debt in the U.S. trillion and rising. Worldwide, 73.3

article thumbnail

Going Global in Trust-Challenged Times

Associations Now

Emily Bratcher’s report last week on a global certification launched by the National Association of Insurance and Finance Advisors spotlights one example of that trend.) But the strength of those efforts is often based on the trust people around the world place in institutions.