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Michigan Expands Tuition-Free Community Scholarship Program to Adults Ages 21-24 Without Degrees

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

"This expansion will help us reach our Sixty by 30 goal—to have 60% of adults earn a postsecondary education or training by 2030—and build on our economic momentum. With low unemployment, growing advanced manufacturing industries, and strong small business growth, we need to expand Reconnect to bolster our pipeline for talented workers.

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Cal State Fullerton Gets $1.4M for Career Pathways Projects

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The outcome is bad for students and industries alike: a lack of social mobility and a lack of qualified workers. It’s a burgeoning industry, expected to grow 7% between 2020 and 2030. There are certain industry sectors that are very much forecasting labor shortages,” said Zarate. “We

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These 10 schools found their footing creating quality alternative credentials

University Business

Among the first objectives in Kansas State’s 2023 strategic plan is to enroll 5,000 to 7,000 alternative credential-seeking learners by 2030 across continuing education courses, micro-credentials and industry training collaboratives.

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Material World: The Importance of Selecting Healthy Materials for K-12 Projects

Clark Nesxen

Suppose we can continue to expand this line of thinking throughout the industry. As a firm, choosing to design with healthy materials has become one of our primary goals as we have aligned ourselves with healthy building initiatives such as the AIA 2030 Challenge.

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Artificial intelligence? What happened to virtual reality?

University Business

trillion to the global economy by 2030, and create millions of jobs across various sectors, such as health care, education, retail and manufacturing. Many industries are using virtual reality already. VR can help workers improve their productivity, creativity and well-being and reduce costs, risks and environmental impacts.

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Higher ed must get ahead of AI paradigm shift (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Higher education is itself a knowledge work industry, one that largely prepares students for careers in knowledge work industries. million people in our industry in the U.S. How many of those higher-order skills jobs will we have to offer in our industry? At my own institution, we are already playing with AI.

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Texas’ higher education landscape is changing dramatically with Gen Z

University Business

More from UB: How to take the ‘value lens’ approach to higher education Yet, experts at Texas Higher Ed are projecting that by 2030, at least 62% of jobs in Texas will require some postsecondary education. Texas A&M is capitalizing on its engineering and technical expertise by building the Rio Grande Valley Advanced Manufacturing Hub.