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How micro-credentials are spurring deeper collaboration between community college and employers

University Business

. “When aviation has a dip, we feel it,” says Jennifer Seymour, v ice president of general education and skilled trades at the Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology, familiarly known as WSU Tech. The latter cover semiconductors, AI engineering and EV batteries.

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Preparing the community for in-demand careers

Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D.

For 60 years, Lorain County Community College has been the trusted place our community members and employers turn to as they prepare for the jobs of the future. When LCCC was founded in 1963 as Ohio’s first community college with a permanent campus, manufacturing education and training was one of the first focus areas.

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Hewlett Foundation Awards $20M to Diversify Cybersecurity Field

Insight Into Diversity

Cybersecurity, like many STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields, has been historically male-dominated and lacks diversity. FAMU will create a Cyber Policy Institute to integrate science-based and market-oriented domains of knowledge to help students develop expertise.

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2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Winners

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INSIGHT Into Diversity 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners are recognized for their exemplary and innovative initiatives designed to recruit and retain underrepresented individuals in science, technology, engineering, and math. Read about them here. MS in Business Analytics – STEM-designated Adelphi University Robert B.

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Opinion: Harnessing the power of AI: A guide for college leaders

University Business

The role of college leadership has significantly evolved in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). Colleges can no longer afford to ignore AI and the Fourth Industrial Revolution because these technologies are becoming increasingly prevalent in the employment sector. Read more at Community College Daily.

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Work Zones Ahead!

Inside Higher Ed

Establishing a Substrate Historically, Michigan’s transfer infrastructure rested on individual articulation agreements between its constitutionally autonomous community and tribal colleges, public universities, and independent colleges and universities, creating a patchwork of arrangements that varied widely from region to region.

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Pell Grant Expansion Extends Educational Opportunities to Thousands of Incarcerated Students

Insight Into Diversity

The educational institutions involved are California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA), and the Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology (WSU Tech), a community college in Kansas.