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New initiative seeks to boost value of community college degrees

University Business

From 2023 through 2028, ten community colleges across the nation will have the opportunity to participate in a program that will boost their reputations in a big way. The Aspen Institute, in partnership with the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Teacher College, Columbia University, leads the initiative.

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Community colleges suffer from employee shortages

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Community colleges across the country are struggling to recruit and hire new people after losing faculty and staff members in droves during the pandemic. College leaders report staffing losses at all levels, including IT workers, student success professionals, dining hall workers and executive leaders, she said.

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Should conferences stay put or relocate? It's complicated.

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Guilbeau, the higher ed research group’s executive director. More than five years ago, “OLC entered into binding contracts with specific hotels through 2028,” Mathes said in an email. This is more than a “business decision,” said Jason P. “This also impacts people in a very real way.”

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What 70+ higher ed leaders are saying about staff recruitment and retention in today’s competitive labor market

EAB

EAB's Talent Questionnaire in brief: Launched July 2022 36 questions 75 responses from chief business officers and chief human resource officers 36 large research, 24 regional private, 10 regional public, and five international institutions participated Take the survey 1.