The firm has recently been moving away from its green roots to focus on its premium credentials, but "organic" and "premium" are linked in many people's minds.The "fair trade" segment is another impressive performer.
Because of the bitter competition for those premium salaries, elite educational credentials are often a precondition for even landing a job interview.
Although MOOCs will have to be self-sustaining some day — whether by charging students for credentials or premium services or by charging corporate recruiters for access to the best students — Ms. Koller and university officials said that was not a pressing concern.
Sadly, the higher education system of the world's leading super power has evolved to place a higher premium on the extrinsically valuable credential, rather than the intrinsically valuable education itself.
A fully equipped SRX can top $58,000, which seems steep for a wagon from a company that hasn't established its credentials in the premium market.
Accountants' clients, he said, would be willing to pay a premium to hire advisers with the new credential, according to surveys the group conducted.
The purchase of Natural Food Holdings, which owns the Niman Ranch brand and other properties, enhances Purdue's position in the so-called premium protein market while sharpening its sustainability credentials. .
Consumers, especially in Europe, are increasingly aware of a product's sustainability credentials and willing to pay a premium for environmentally sound products and services.
The college wage premium would more accurately be phrased as the "college wage defense," the credential that acts as a life raft in dangerous waters.
Regardless of having a general or specialized credential field, a close match is associated with substantial premiums for males and females (rows 7 10; columns 1 and 2 for each group).
Much of the increase occurred in the 2000s, when the premium for a bachelor's degree levelled off whereas that to postgraduate credentials kept rising.
