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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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Cal State Fullerton Gets $1.4M for Career Pathways Projects

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Pathways for Careers in Manufacturing and Engineering, a joint effort from Cal State Fullerton’s Extension and International Programs and the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has received $211,000 to spark community college students’, high schoolers’, and eventually, middle schoolers’ interest in the field of biomanufacturing.

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Why are employers finding business graduates more attractive hires?

University Business

This sentiment is most pronounced across the finance, accounting and manufacturing industries. Over 900 employers in 38 countries across industries in technology, products, finance/accounting, consulting and healthcare/pharmaceutical submitted responses to the international nonprofit’s survey.

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Why higher ed needs to get on board with micro-credentials

University Business

The majority worked in finance (14%), followed by healthcare (13%) and manufacturing (12%). The post Why higher ed needs to get on board with micro-credentials appeared first on University Business.

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These 10 schools found their footing creating quality alternative credentials

University Business

The efforts helped them hone in on alternative credential opportunities in healthcare support, management and trade skills for in-demand automotive manufacturing industries. “While we had hoped to be further along in the relationship and designing the course by this point, we understand that trust is built over time.”

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Education security officials ‘unprepared to cope’ should a cyberattack occur, report

University Business

” The survey gathered the opinion of 1,600 chief information security officers (CISO) across different sectors such as healthcare, manufacturing and the public sector.

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Artificial intelligence? What happened to virtual reality?

University Business

I’m an evangelist of sorts for virtual reality in higher ed, but I don’t think I’m overstating the case when I say that VR in its many forms holds the capacity to revolutionize a multitude of sectors, including education, healthcare, entertainment and engineering.