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All Learning Matters: How We Can Empower People Through A Comprehensive Recognition of Their Skills

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Learning and Employment Records, or LERs , represent a comprehensive recognition of skills and capabilities that can help individuals stand out in the job market, organizations find employees with the exact talents they need, and states and localities build the workforces and industries they need to prosper.

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Unapologetic Leadership for Black Learner Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government and higher education institutions have fed the public a steady diet of bad enrollment news. Public health concerns increased responsibilities to care for and educate school-aged children and disrupted jobs and industries.

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Feds award Bergen Community College $4.5M to grow agriculture education

University Business

The federal government has awarded Bergen Community College a five-year, $4.5 The 2023 Feeding the Economy report commissioned by agriculture industry leaders shows that nearly 20% of all U.S. The 2023 Feeding the Economy report commissioned by agriculture industry leaders shows that nearly 20% of all U.S.

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Reimagining the broadband technology workforce - Nicol Turner Lee and Brady Tavernier, Brookings

Ray Schroeder

Employment opportunities to install, maintain, and troubleshoot high-speed broadband systems have gotten a boost from the federal government, presenting new opportunities for workers outside of service sector industries, like retail store sales associates, product delivery drivers, and other occupations.

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The California academic strike is the most important in US higher education history | Nelson Lichtenstein

The Guardian Higher Education

It is by far the largest and most important strike in the history of American higher education, with the potential to transform both the status and income of those who work in an “industry” that now employs more workers than the federal government.

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Petitioning for the Right to Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Today, they’re working in various industries, like teaching, medical, dentistry, law — and these people often set up businesses and take jobs in underserved communities. Then came 2012 and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. What we saw with DACA was the impact of giving these kids work permits,” says Nájera.

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Access Must be Front Burner for Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We’re having discussions with policy makers across the spectrum from state and federal [government] … about the fact that we need to be supporting our students through this journey,” Lee said. Creating partnerships with local industry is a crucial part of building pathways to gainful employment, Trent noted. “If