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Cal State Fullerton Gets $1.4M for Career Pathways Projects

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The state awarded $18 million each to six regional collaboratives consisting of at least one K-12 school district, University of California campus, California State University campus, and community college district. Educational programs haven’t caught up yet, and students may be unaware of the field or intimidated by it.

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Seeking Solutions to Strengthen Career Pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Roueche Center for Community College Leadership. Today, some of our country’s communities are engaged in conversations about talent pipeline shortages, challenges, and opportunities. Many of these careers are associated with a degree or other credential (or pathway) at the College.

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The 5 metrics colleges and universities should measure to boost their value

University Business

More from UB: President’s corner: Dr. Larry Johnson on leading one of the nation’s most successful community colleges Clear outcomes Strada identified 10 elements that state data systems can leverage to strengthen the connection between education and opportunity. Alaska, Montana, and New Hampshire did the worst.

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3 Enrollment Boosting Strategies for Accredited Institutions: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 178 with Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Dr. David R. Decker

The Change Leader, Inc.

Discover how these three interconnected strategies boost higher education enrollment and contain costs with a comprehensive approach that involves the 4 Ps of marketing, aligning pricing strategies with fixed educational benchmarks, and fostering strategic partnerships with community colleges and employers.

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A Research-Based Look at Stackable Credentials

Parchment

And then I think the other thing is really, again, providing more of these on ramps to educational programs that take fewer than two years to complete. I think that we’ve had some challenges in post -secondary education. We were working with colleges 10 years ago who are building community college baccalaureate programs.

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Funding Research for Tier Two Institutions with NSF: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 165 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan

The Change Leader, Inc.

This pilot is a partnership between Penn State University and other community colleges. In that case, they were working in partnership with Penn State University and other community colleges. You brought up a very interesting point about this one-year training program. This, Drumm, is a cross-cutting directorate.

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Federal earmarks a boon for higher ed

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: The University of Maine system is planning to use an infusion of federal funds to construct an advanced manufacturing research lab, start a new program in aviation maintenance, modernize a wild blueberry research facility and launch a statewide tick and tick-borne disease study.

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