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How micro-credentials are spurring deeper collaboration between community college and employers

University Business

Local adult learners and veterans seeking to diversify their skillsets in other high-demand careers have turned to the community college in droves since it opened in 2003. “One of the keys to our success has just been our ability to pivot very quickly and respond to industry demands.”

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Involving an industry partner in student projects, a win for all parties?

Teaching Matters Student Employment

The top through groups after their successful presentations with industry partner, Sopria Steri. This is a sentiment which I support because while some students will continue with an academic career, most students will go on to work in industry or become an entrepreneur. Image credit: Kit Daniel Searle.

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Ralph Gilles of Stellantis Named 2024 CCS Commencement Speaker

College for Creative Study

An avid car enthusiast, Gilles’ love for the automotive industry is evident outside of the office, where you can find him on the weekends competing in Radical Racing events or tackling legendary racetracks around the country.

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Letter to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona Regarding Borrower Defense to Repayment and Gainful Employment Regulation (Michael DiGiacomo)

Higher Education Inquirer

I am a former student and victim of 2 closed for-profit scam colleges and the student loan industry. I have been fighting this industry since 2003-2006, when I realized I had been played badly by these deceptive debt factories. The for-profit college and student loan industry is a domestic threat to this country and the public.

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The Changing Role of Faculty in Higher Education Part 2: The Changing Face of Higher Ed Part 8

The Change Leader, Inc.

Faculty also are seeing an increased emphasis on students pursuing interdisciplinary fields; in fact, the number of students who are majoring in these types of fields has increased by almost 40 percent since 2003. This has required the redesign of general education requirements. With that said, the new reality can be exceptionally positive.

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Interview with Robert T. Tally Jr. on historicizing 'The Hobbit'

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The anti-industrial, pro-“nature” stuff also likely had great appeal for “counterculture” types, and perhaps the idea of a “just war” even appealed to many in the antiwar crowd. Tolkien was convinced that there’s always been an adult audience for fantasy/myth/etc.

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What is a ‘research culture’?

SRHE

Innovate UK’ had its origins in the ‘Lambert’ Review of Business-University Collaboration (2003). Providers were to ‘specialise in working with industry and employers’. Their knowledge and research drive industry and the public services to innovate, thrive and meet challenges”.