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Level 7 Apprenticeships: Babies and Bathwater

HEPI

In 2021/22, nearly half of all Level 6 and 7 apprenticeships were in Business, Administration & Law. After all, they might argue, businesses dont exist to do the governments job of workforce planning or social engineering. Engineering is a highly dynamic sector with an ageing population of skilled professionals.

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Coppin State University: A Renaissance of Purpose and Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Rather than accepting this as inevitable, his administration launched a comprehensive analysis of student data, policies, and practices. By taking a careful look at course offerings and degree pathways, the administration has streamlined the road to graduation. Coppin was always my first choice, says Muhammad.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Starting with programs for middle and high school students, through supports for graduate students, the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) has provided inspiration, insight, encouragement, and community for engineering students.

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Value Entrepreneurs – Driven by Mission

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The founders came here on an ox-pulled cart and developed all this, one administrator told me, pointing across the campus. Second, cross-institutional innovation hubs could become powerful engines for collective problem-solving. You dont think that was innovation looking forward and responding to a need?

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Complete College America Offers Playbook on How Higher Education Can Bolster Civic Engagement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report provides an outline for how faculty, staff and administrators can infuse the curriculum with informative material, forge partnerships with community-based organizations and create opportunities for students to learn and practice the relevant skills. “The Higher education is an engine for social and economic mobility.

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Utah Receives $50 Million Gift for College of Engineering

Inside Higher Ed

The University of Utah College of Engineering will receive $50 million and a new name, honoring benefactor John Price, a university graduate and former diplomat. Pending approval from the Board of Trustees, the college will be named the John and Marcia Price College of Engineering. Hide by line?

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India explores initiatives to promote special visas for int’l students

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Although Bachelor of Technology and Bachelor of Engineering remain two of the most popular courses among international students in India, there is a growing demand for programs like Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Commerce. Master of Business Administration) and M.Sc.