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SkillPointe Updates Help Community Colleges Bridge the Skills Gap

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In fact, 35% of referrals from SkillPointe register in a program. This conversion rate is significantly higher than what we get from our other marketing partners.”

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Annual Black, Brown, College Bound Summit Commences March 6

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It seeks to provide information about successful strategies, explore mentoring programs that enable the success of the young men, and to provide the latest research of the methods higher education institutions can employ to increase access, persistence, and retention and graduation rates.

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Britain’s universities are in freefall – and saving them will take more than funding | Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian Higher Education

Fundamental restructuring must happen, along with an honest debate about what – and who – higher education is really for Imagine a beach before the tsunami. That’s how it feels, one professor tells me, to be working in higher education. But lately almost everyone in higher education seems jumpy. Continue reading.

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Dr. Kirk A. Nooks Appointed President and CEO of The Council on Occupational Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Nooks brings a breadth and depth of knowledge of the higher education landscape that is directly relevant to our mission at COE: Ensuring quality and integrity in career and technical education,” said Dr. Jeff Sisk, chair of the COE. Nooks Nooks has been president of Gordon State College since June 2018.

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Challenges for Higher Education: An Emerging Skills Shortage and Inequity in the Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

American higher education is called upon to serve a variety of purposes: advancement of knowledge, expansion of cultural appreciation, extending understanding of societal benefits and obligations, and preparing a diversity of students with the skills they need for a successful and rewarding life. Diverse Issues in Higher Education.

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Robeson Community College Partners with TimelyCare to Offer Free Mental Health Support to Students and Employees

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

has partnered with higher ed virtual health company TimelyCare to offer students and employees free access to mental health support and medical care, starting this fall, The Robesonian reported. Once fully registered for a RCC class, students will be emailed their TimelyCare access code, Singler said.

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The Future Proof Campus: Taking A Data-Driven Approach to Facilities Investments

University Business

Register Now Date & Time: Thursday, May 23rd at 2 pm ET Across higher education, institutions of every size and type are facing looming challenges posed by aging campus buildings and a growing backlog of deferred maintenance needs.