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Tsai Lu Liu Appointed Dean of the College of Architecture, Arts, and Design at Virginia Tech

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Tsai Lu Liu Liu is the head of the Department of Graphic Design and Industrial Design at North Carolina State University. Liu’s scholarly work focuses on analysis of user experience, applications of design thinking, industrial design processes, product development and manufacturing, and pedagogy. Liu holds a B.S.

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Dr. Harriet B. Nembhard Named President of Harvey Mudd College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Her work has led to several technological advances, such as simulation tools for assessing emergency department patient flow, improved manufacturing processes for medical devices, and a sensor-based system to conduct early screening of Parkinson’s disease. in industrial engineering from the University of Michigan; a B.S. and an M.S.

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Seeking Solutions to Strengthen Career Pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“This initiative aims to strengthen the capacity of our community colleges to serve as hubs for regional Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) that convene high school educators, community college faculty, and representatives from local employers and workforce agencies,” Dr. Karen Stout says in the award notification.

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Community Colleges Build Workforce Through Partnership and Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Educators from a variety of community colleges shared how student success and sense of belonging is vital to meeting their local workforce needs, and how their unique geographic locations, demographic growth, and regional needs have influenced how they connect with big industry and small to mid-sized businesses.

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These rural colleges are beating the odds to drive student success

University Business

The large open spaces of rural towns expose their community college students to several unique industries that they can contribute to, such as those in agriculture, tourism/recreation and energy and mineral production. The rural town leveraged its open space to create a booming industry and build student employment opportunities.

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Building a Meaningful Microcredential Program

Parchment

So our team of talented faculty and administrators identified transferable skills as one of those critical areas that we needed to help remove that barrier of communication between a student and what they truly have learned, practiced, mastered, and how they can better share that with employers in a transparent way. Can you help us?

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Higher ed must get ahead of AI paradigm shift (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Higher education is itself a knowledge work industry, one that largely prepares students for careers in knowledge work industries. million people in our industry in the U.S. How many of those higher-order skills jobs will we have to offer in our industry? At my own institution, we are already playing with AI.