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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. Career planning is introduced during the first year seminar at LaGuardia.

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Better together: These 16 Connecticut schools team up on AI

University Business

While Yale and other research universities are offering technical support, they will also gain insight from the consortium’s community colleges that are tapped into the state’s workforce needs, says Ron Harichandran, CAIA co-founder and dean of New Haven’s engineering department.

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Colleges deploy new strategies to revive English programs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“The culture industry is alive and well. There are elements of the institution itself that could influence English’s popularity, she said; the university is well connected to the literary industry in New York City, for one, making it easy to show parents and students how to have a successful career directly related to the major.

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Black History Month – The Work and Importance of the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA)

Clark Nesxen

As current President of the Virginia Chapter ( VANOMA ), I wanted to use this post as an opportunity to communicate why this organization is important to me and our industry. Conference attendees receive learning opportunities to fulfill continuing education requirements with various seminars and site visits.

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Ten campus living-learning communities to model

Confessions of a Community College Dean

While there’s no major requirement for FETCH LLC, one aim is to help students learn more about the service animal industry. Faculty and other guests will host weekly Homestead seminar sessions for discussions relevant to the Homestead. DS LLC members complete a first-year seminar with their floor mates.

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My Take on the AP African American Studies Course Framework and the American Historical Review’s 1619 Forum

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Of course, the entire AP-pre-college industry is problematic. Top colleges often ignore AP scores and require students to take a placement test. A profit-making enterprise, AP classes (like early college courses) have become a way for states like mine to reduce college costs.

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The case for Luddism against ChatGPT (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” The original Luddites were textile workers in Britain who destroyed some of the new machines that accompanied early industrialization. This is a case for Luddism, or for what the philosopher of technology Langdon Winner labeled “epistemological Luddism.” But the works of historians from E.