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These are the top 10 colleges for cybersecurity education

University Business

Educational institutions are in dire need of cybersecurity professionals as criminal organizations continue to set their sights on the education sector. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency recently announced the expansion of its cybersecurity education initiative to all 50 states. But what about higher ed?

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First-Time Graduate Enrollment Rises, But Declines Domestically

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to the report, first-time enrollment in this context refers to the number of students enrolled for the first time in graduate certificate, education specialist, master’s, or doctoral programs for the fall term. in Fall 2016 to 87.4% From 2016 to 2021, domestic first-time enrollment went up by 3% – 8.7% in Fall 2020.

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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. Department of Education, the Upward Bound program works with students from six area high schools that are identified as potential first-generation college students.

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Is this the first college closing announced in 2025?

University Business

More from UB: Computer science degrees: How demand has both reduced and improved Northland College has operated at a deficit for eight years, The Minnesota Star Tribune reports. Centuries of serving higher education erased. The state’s education department estimates it will close by the end of the academic year.

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Graduate enrollment has declined, snapping two consecutive years of growth, per CGS report

University Business

And while graduate certificates have experienced impressive growth between 2016-17 and 2021-22 at 10.5%, they, too, declined overall by 1.2%. Business, health sciences and education made up 45% of first-time graduate enrollments, which CGS finds consistent with other surveys. Doctoral degree enrollment dipped by 4.4%

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The employability end game: are we preparing graduates for the future world of work?

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The 2016 Future of Jobs report by the World Economic Forum posited that 65% of children entering primary school would be employed in roles that did not exist at that time. Therefore, integrating more computer science subjects into core curricula is imperative.

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Cal State Fullerton Gets $1.4M for Career Pathways Projects

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The difficulty of making a successful transition from school to the workforce remains one of the most persistent problems in higher education. A 1998 proposition eliminated most bilingual programs in California schools, and although it was reversed in 2016, there is still a shortage of teachers who speak multiple languages.