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When Education Fails to Align with the Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

More than one quarter of all middle-skills credentials and associate degrees offered nationwide are misaligned with the needs of their local labor markets, according to the latest report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW), " The Great Misalignment."

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Empowering Community Colleges Through AI: A New Era of Access and Economic Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Combined with the Apple App Store, which first debuted in 2008 with 500 phone applications, in less than 20 years, technology has revolutionized how the average consumer communicates, entertains themselves, and obtains information. Interestingly, at the Community College of Aurora, over 40% of our learners identify as adult learners.

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What is Demonstrated Interest in College Admission?

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On it’s face, this expression of excitement lets the college know that you have done your research, that you have considered all your options in higher education, and that you have chosen to apply to this college because you feel strongly that you would be a great fit for the school. Let’s talk about “yield rate.”

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Report: English Majors Employed at Comparable Rates, Educators Can Do More to Prepare Students for Careers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In fact, this rate for English majors puts it below the unemployment rate for computer and information services majors, 2.8%, though still higher compared to a number of other majors – business, engineering, philosophy, physical science, and history. in philosophy. in English. “[It

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Transforming Community Colleges for Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Carnevale from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce makes a compelling case that U.S. higher education, by virtue of its prominence in economic life, is now “the capstone in an education system that is a primary cause of the reproduction of race and class privilege across generations.”

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. The Impact Internship is part of a campus wide effort to support undocumented students in their completion of the Dream Service Incentive Grant requirements.

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Report: Students Interested in HBCUs Have Unique Wants and Concerns

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report is based on EAB’s 2023 Student Communications Preferences survey, which was taken by over 1,000 students who indicated that they were considering an HBCU. That’s something that our students communicate,” he said. A crucial place to communicate that sense of belonging is on social media.