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MassBay Community College to Offer Free Tech Education and Training to Unemployed and Underemployed Workers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MassBay Community College will be offering free education and training in the areas of computers and technology to unemployed and underemployed workers. Collaborating with area workforce partners to fill the needs in MetroWest is a winning combination for the local economy.”

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Report Highlights Shortages of Credentials Aligned with Middle-Skills Occupations

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jessica Perez, director of the Center for Career & Professional Development at LaGuardia Community College in New York City, found the report’s projections informative. Second, offering better career counseling.

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Community College Enrollment: Reducing Inefficiencies in Onboarding

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

In fact, some schools have experienced record growth over the last five years, and no higher education institutions are better positioned for continued growth in the next decade than community colleges. Community colleges play a crucial role in providing an accessible and affordable education to diverse student populations.

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Community college students want more clarity on their career paths

University Business

A large majority of community college students have a career in mind, but they also say that they don’t have enough information about the paths that will get them to those jobs. ” report from The University of Texas at Austin’s College of Education.

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ChatGPT: Threat or Menace?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

It could then serve as initial-tier career counseling. The sad fact is that advising and career counseling resources on most campuses are grossly inadequate and that instruction in writing is insufficient. It was doomed to defeat in the face of industrialization. As Claudia Golden and Lawrence F.

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Top 12 Challenges Facing Higher Ed in 2025—and the Exemplars Solving Them: An overview of the most urgent issues impacting higher education, with examples of how some institutions are beginning to respond.

The Change Leader, Inc.

In industry, what happens when there is more inventory than there are customers? Programs such as coding bootcamps, certifications, and apprenticeships are particularly attractive in industries like technology and skilled trades, where demand for specialized skills is high. Unfortunately, those go-go days did not last. million to 15.5

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How Post University’s Career Readiness Model Can Help Not-For-Profit Universities and Graduates: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 172 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Camille Dumont

The Change Leader, Inc.

She successfully transferred the skills she learned in the hotel industry to the healthcare industry and now to higher ed, where she works in Career Services. She is also a member of the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) and the National Career Development Association (NCDA).