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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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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. It took 10 months for the university to implement the system.

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To Weather the Storms of Higher Education, Remember Why You’re There

Supporting Student Success

In creating that website , I recognized my passion for education lies in missed opportunities I saw in my own life. He achieved this with a technical degree and lots of continuing education. and there were no adaptive engines to score them, I was the grader. in higher education administration at Montana State University.

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Microcredentials confuse employers, colleges and learners

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“Employers say, ‘It’s great that this individual has these skills, but we’ll ask our own questions to verify the learner’s knowledge,’” Kyle Albert, assistant research professor at the George Washington University Institute of Public Policy, said. “It’s a trust-but-verify situation.”

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President moves: 3 hires as another leader changes her mind

University Business

billion research portfolio as the vice chancellor of STEM research and innovation. He also ushered in record levels of student and faculty diversity, research expenditures, first-year student enrollment and retention rates as the dean of the engineering department. Marin begins on August 15, according to the university.

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

SRHE

The opportunity to do just this was presented in two small research projects I recently worked on (Raven, 2021a and 2022). Whilst the discussions addressed the main focus of the research, they also provided an opportunity to explore the reasons why some had decided against HE. Anon (2022) ‘Research Guidance Note 9. References.

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

EAB

The culminating experience for the EAB Rising Higher Education Leaders Fellowship was the capstone project that substantively contributed to the fellows’ professional advancement and helped solve a pressing challenge facing their home institutions. In many cases, partners jointly completed a project that benefitted both institutions.