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Seeking Solutions to Strengthen Career Pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Why healthcare? Our region has a large healthcare industry with a significantly unmet employment demand exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Team NEO, in its 2019 Aligning Opportunities Report, zeroes in on the talent shortage facing three sectors of the economy — IT, manufacturing, and healthcare.

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Education Department faces calls to rescind outsourcing guidance

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“College of the Albemarle Health Sciences and Wellness Programs division believes the definition of who is a third-party servicer is ambiguous and could be interpreted to include the clinical settings where much of health science education programming takes place,” College of Albemarle officials wrote in a comment.

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The Value of Micro-Credentials for Higher Ed Institutions: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 154 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Matt Frank

The Change Leader, Inc.

We’re utilizing the tools and skills we’ve learned through continuing education programs, non-degree certificate programs, or credentialing programs because they’re practical, and they’re directly applicable to the rules that we have today. You can see that in the medical and healthcare fields.

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HBCU Medical Schools Growing in Number

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When Prothrow-Stith joined CDU in 2016, developing an independent medical program, the university’s long-held dream, became her job. The California Legislature awarded the university $50 million to support the new medical education program. Drew, the renowned Black surgeon and researcher.

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Answering the Call

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While still fighting for official provider status, pharmacists have proven to be crucial in delivering care and helping address healthcare disparities. COVID-19 has placed unprecedented demands on frontline healthcare workers. Students pose with Dr. Johnnie L. Early II, dean of the FAMU College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.