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Coppin State University: A Renaissance of Purpose and Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Muhammad, a cybersecurity engineering major, is the youngest first year student in the schools history. New programs in emerging fields like healthcare informatics and cybersecurity have been strategically developed to align with industry demands, ensuring graduates are well-positioned for career success.

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College Degree Still a Great Return On Investment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This gap widens at an institution like Trine , where many students graduate with degrees in high-paying fields like healthcare and engineering, and many of our graduates earn above the national average in their field. This economic impact is further magnified when you consider its impact over the 40 years or more of a typical career.

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Student Success in STEM

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While women have achieved parity in some STEM fields, such as biological sciences, they remain underrepresented in high-paying and high-demand areas like engineering and computer science. The absence of minority voices in the development of resources, technologies, and healthcare solutions often results in the neglect of entire communities.

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Here are the 5 academic programs emerging in 2025

University Business

Putting humans on Mars Researching potential life on Mars and exploring long-term solutions to establish human life beyond Earth may seem pretty “far out there,” GrayDI’s Senior Project Manager Monica Bilson concedes, but interest from industry and academia is hard to ignore. Healthcare expenditures in the U.S.

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Cal State Fullerton Gets $1.4M for Career Pathways Projects

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The outcome is bad for students and industries alike: a lack of social mobility and a lack of qualified workers. It’s a burgeoning industry, expected to grow 7% between 2020 and 2030. The difficulty of making a successful transition from school to the workforce remains one of the most persistent problems in higher education.

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Report Highlights Shortages of Credentials Aligned with Middle-Skills Occupations

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There is a broad range of middle-skills occupations, from blue collar positions, such as electrician and carpenter, to vital healthcare professions like registered nurse to police officers and firefighters. Healthcare is the occupational group that the report predicts to have an oversupply. It is predicted that Washington, D.C.,

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How to Move Latinx Students into High-Paying Jobs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This year, Excelencia also examined three specific areas of industry projected to grow by roughly 10% by 2031: STEM (statistics, technology, engineering and mathematics), healthcare, and educational professions.