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Why investment in private higher education is worth it – using the example of the Jacobs University Bremen.

They have enough: Over three-quarters (79 percent) of Swiss youth report that they have enough money; 46 percent say that they have more than they need. This is one of the findings of the Jacobs Foundation’s third representative study of young people in Switzerland.

Switzerland’s workers of tomorrow express a high level of satisfaction, and money is by no means their primary concern in choosing a career. This is one of the findings of the Jacobs Foundation’s second representative study of young people in Switzerland. The study looks at young people’s decisions about their training, and focuses particularly on those who opt for vocational training.

The Jacobs Foundation in Zurich and the Swiss Coordination Center for Research in Education (SCCRE) plan to hold a series of conferences and closed‐door meetings in collaboration with the Swiss Leading House on Economics of Education, a joint initiative of the Chair for Business and Personnel Economics at the University of Zurich and the Center for Research in Economics of Education at the University of Berne.

The Jacobs Foundation’s Board of trustees appoints Laura Tyson and Ulman Lindenberger as new members as of January 1, 2012.

The Jacobs Foundation has initiated the nomination process for this year’s Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize. Worth one million Swiss francs, the Research Prize honors the scientific achievements of researchers who make a major contribution to the successful development of children and young people and their prospects around the world.