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Report: Latinos Essential to Growing STEM Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Latinos are key when it comes the nation’s engineering and technology workforce, according to a new joint report from the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) and the Latino Donor Collaborative (LDC). anticipates a coming shortage of workers in engineering and tech – there are projected to be 10.9 are immense.

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A New Model for Lifelong Learning

University Business

Education for a Lifetime How one university turned a struggling enterprise into a $6 million lifelong learning powerhouse A decade ago, the University of South Floridas Continuing Education program was by all accounts a financial burden. Then part of USFs Innovative Education division, the unit was losing $60,000 a year.

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Microcredentials confuse employers, colleges and learners

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“With the economy shifting … we need workforce education training faster and better,” said James Fong, chief research officer at the University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA). Even if they understood their options, they worry that such credentials may be costly to obtain.

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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

EAB

Projects addressed topics such as annual giving, student retention, professional and continuing education, academic program planning, and more. The blog posts below are written by the participants to showcase their project and early outcomes.

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Why not HE? The reasons those from under-represented backgrounds decide against university

SRHE

Also referenced was the potential time and effort involved in ‘sort[ing] out student finances and funds’, as well as the strains that would be placed on their social networks. These were not confined to the initial outlay (including student fees) but also to the implications. You are’, it was argued, going to ‘get into debt’ if you choose HE.

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Costs and Benefits of Adding 30-units to Accounting Students' Requirements for Licensure as a CPA

Higher Ed Ethics Watch

Skills in areas such as big data, data analytics, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and blockchain are among the biggest trends in accounting and finance. Enables accounting students to enter the workplace after graduating with a bachelor’s degree or after completing 120 units of education, depending on state requirements.

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CPL for Incremental & Non-Credit Credentials

Parchment

It was composed of general education and technical faculty, student affairs, individuals, people that you would expect in this sort of initiative like IT, like finance and like the registrar’s office, which is a really critical office to be engaged in this conversation. They in fact were incentivized to compete with each other.