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Study Abroad Hidden Gems in Fall 2023 

AIFS Abroad

This program is situated at the intersection between (international) education, community engagement, and sustainable development and aims to harness students’ self-reflection to engage with contemporary global issues in a local context and use the community engagement elements critically as a tool for social impact.

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AI-ROBOT CAPITALISTS WILL DESTROY THE HUMAN ECONOMY (Randall Collins*)

Higher Education Inquirer

It will ride out competitors and market downturns by having deeper pockets. But the result is the same: domination of world markets by an oligopoly of AI-robot capitalists will have the same effect in destroying the economy, as it would if a monopoly squeezed out all competitors. What about government regulation?

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Microcredentials confuse employers, colleges and learners

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Nonetheless, demand in the large, growing microcredential market is strong, but learners also struggle to make sense of offerings. ” To realize that vision, higher ed professionals might consider communicating more with employers, according to the report. “It’s a trust-but-verify situation.”

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A Research-Based Look at Stackable Credentials

Parchment

But I don’t want to hire a fresh graduate out of Texas A &M who has an engineering degree and knows nothing about our plant, nothing about how these systems work. Matthew Sterenberg (10:56.27) So there’s basically, we need to market this a little bit better to a degree. We looked at manufacturing, healthcare, and IT.

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Drive Enrollment Growth with First-Gen Pathways to Success: Changing Higher Education Podcast 167 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Marielena DeSanctis

The Change Leader, Inc.

Colleges must also help communicate the ROI for getting a post-secondary degree. Before answering a call to education, Dr. DeSanctis served almost six years of experience as an engineer in the manufacturing and construction sector. I was a young mom and started thinking about what was next for me and engineering.

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SJSU Public-Private Partnerships Boost Enrollment and Community Relationships: Changing Higher Ed 193 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Dr. Cynthia Teniente-Matson

The Change Leader, Inc.

She initiated key projects such as the Mays Center for Experiential Learning and Community Engagement, the Cisneros Institute for Emerging Leaders, and the Institute of Water Resource Science and Technology, alongside establishing a Cyber Engineering Technology & Cyber Security Research Center. So we think about design.

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Workplace Learning: A Follow-up

eLiterate

L&D for manufacturing line workers is very different than L&D for pharmaceutical chemists. Maybe it’s OK to run for a while, but the learning designers (or learning engineers) want to look at data regarding how well the learners perform on the assessments over time to see if it needs fine-tuning. Maybe it can be improved.