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Report: Journalism Jobs to Decrease in Years to Come Due to Industry Decline

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report also discusses how the industry and profession are transforming as times change. Our democracy relies on a free and robust press, but that is at risk as the newspaper industry contracts,” said Dr. Anthony P.

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Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries to Assess Pacific University for Fines

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Investigations by Oregon’s Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) into Pacific University could lead to fines of up to $843,000 or more, OPB reported.

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Students connect peers to alumni, industry resources

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The Connect Team at Hamilton College in New York serves as a bridge between students and graduates working in various industries. Students of all grades work as part of their teams, connecting to alumni from that specific industry through student-facing events and blog posts.

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Fossil Fuel Industry Gave Hundreds of Millions to Higher Ed

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Fossil fuel companies gave over $700 million in research funding to 27 colleges and universities from 2010 to 2020, according to a new study from the left-leaning think tank Data for Progress. The top recipients of fossil fuel research money included the University of California, Berkeley ($154 million); the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ($108 million); Stanford University ($56 million); and the University of Texas at Austin ($40 million).

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Homeboy Industries Study Abroad Grant

AIFS Abroad

In keeping with our vision “We Bring the World Together”, AIFS is proud to offer a $500 grant for students from the Homeboy Industries Academic Program, “Pathways to College.” Homeboy Industries was founded in 1986 by Father Greg Boyle, and is based in East Los Angeles. Father Greg, founder of Homeboy Industries (Source: Angelusnews.com ). Brittany Morton, Academic Coordinator Homeboy Industries. Last Updated on November 8, 2021 by Cat Rogliano.

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Preparing Yourself for A Job Search in Residence Life (or Student Affairs… or Another Industry)

Roompact

In a previous post, I wrote about how a supervisor might assist in supporting their staff member(s) through the job search season.

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Big oil on campus: how US universities are ‘colonized’ by the fossil fuel industry

The Guardian Higher Education

Students at Princeton describe unease that Exxon employee had an office on campus, while dozens of universities have big oil links The lecturer looked, and sounded, the part. Sporting a pale blue shirt and Princeton University ID badge, he had his own office on campus, a short stroll from the room where several dozen students were gathered to hear him confidently talk about the challenges in moving away from fossil fuels.

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Industry Perspective: Centralizing Data in Higher Education 

Collegis Education Data Management

The post Industry Perspective: Centralizing Data in Higher Education appeared first on Collegis Education — Tech-Enabled Higher Ed Solutions. Data is a powerful guiding tool in higher education, and it becomes stronger when it captures the entire student journey.

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Education Accounts for 7.3% of Cybersecurity Incidents Across Industries in 2022, Up from 2.8% in 2021 - Kate Lucariello, Campus Technology

Ray Schroeder

IBM Security, releasing its annual X-Force Threat Intelligence Index for 2023, noted that education, sixth on the list of 10 industries analyzed, jumped from 2.8% Across industries in 2022, extortion attacks accounted for 27% of incidents, deployment of backdoor access 21%, and ransomware attacks 17%. of all incidents in 2021 to 7.3% in 2022. The company noted it changed how it examined some of its data to give a more insightful and helpful picture of cybersecurity threats.

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How Surveillance Is Changing the Long-Haul Trucking Industry

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The trucking industry is modernizing rapidly, but is it for the better? In today’s Academic Minute, Cornell University’s Karen Levy explains. Levy is an associate professor in the department of information science at Cornell and author of Data Driven: Truckers, Technology, and the New Workplace Surveillance (Princeton University Press). A transcript of this podcast can be found here.

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Microcredentials: Why Industry Is in the Driver’s Seat - Vis Naidoo, Cheryl Kinzel, & Natasja Saranchuk; Evolllution

Ray Schroeder

Microcredentials are rooted in the digital badge movement that first gained traction to support adult learning in the workforce. One of the earliest players was a group called Open Badges, created by Mozilla Foundation in 2013 with funding from the MacArthur Foundation.

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What does the latest industry research tell us about social media in 2021?

Terminalfour

How will the latest social media and digital marketing trends impact higher education and shape your strategies in 2021 and beyond

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More than 70,000 staff at 150 UK universities to strike for 18 days

The Guardian Higher Education

Industrial action to take place in February and March in dispute over pay, conditions and pensions More than 70,000 staff at 150 universities across the UK will strike for 18 days between February and March in disputes over pay, conditions and pensions, it has been announced.

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Most UK universities failing to hit carbon reduction targets

The Guardian Higher Education

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Students at top London university urged to ‘snitch’ on striking lecturers

The Guardian Higher Education

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Tory plans for anti-strike law covering NHS and teachers ‘wrong and illegal’, says TUC – UK politics live

The Guardian Higher Education

Politics UK news Keir Starmer Labour UK cost of living crisis Industrial action Rishi Sunak Conservatives Tuition fees Trade unions Devolution Rachel Reeves Chris Heaton-Harris Students Higher education Unite Austerity Scottish National party (SNP) TUC

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Staff at 150 UK universities begin three days of strikes

The Guardian Higher Education

Industrial action going ahead despite hopes of breakthrough on pay, conditions and pensions last week Universities in the UK have been hit by strike action once again, despite hopes of a breakthrough last week with an offer from employers on pay, working conditions and pensions. Tens of thousands of staff at 150 universities pressed ahead with planned strikes on Monday in the first of three days of industrial action this week, with many branches claiming big turnouts on picket lines.

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College professors face the highest exposure to AI tools, study finds

University Business

How will Language Modelers like ChatGPT Affect Occupations and Industries?

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Strikes by university support staff called off after pay breakthrough

The Guardian Higher Education

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Carhartt Looks to CCS Students to Uncover Design Opportunities Using Existing Materials

College for Creative Study

You think of industrial design. It provides students with opportunities to gain practical skills through hands-on experiences with faculty, peers, industry, and community partners.

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Universities condemned over threat to dock all pay of striking staff

The Guardian Higher Education

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Oxford University’s new vice-chancellor to investigate staff pay and conditions

The Guardian Higher Education

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Ministers and unions dig in amid widespread strike action across UK

The Guardian Higher Education

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‘We’re not here because it’s fun’: UK university staff join picket lines

The Guardian Higher Education

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Maximus, Student Loan Debt, and the Poverty Industrial Complex

Higher Education Inquirer

Public retirement funds, including public school teachers retirement funds (see table below), are directly and indirectly invested in the Poverty Industrial Complex and the student loan mess through Maximus and other large corporations.

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UK university staff make breakthrough in strike dispute with employers

The Guardian Higher Education

Universities Trade unions Industrial action Education Higher education Politics UK news University leadership University administration Lecturers Lecturers' payUnions and UCEA declare agreement ‘on terms of reference for detailed negotiations’ on pay and conditions University staff have made a breakthrough in their months-long dispute with employers during which lecturers have gone on strike, worked to rule and refused to cover for absent colleagues across the UK.

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Who are the female union leaders overseeing UK strike action?

The Guardian Higher Education

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After a marking boycott, the university threatened to withhold our pay. That only made us angrier | Tanzil Chowdhury

The Guardian Higher Education

Universities Education Higher education UK cost of living crisis Business Trade unions Industrial action Students University management and administration UK news PoliticsThe disdain shown to us by Queen Mary University of London inspired me to redouble my efforts on the picket lines. Staff and students have had enough On 29 June 2022, all the staff at Queen Mary University of London, where I work, received an email from management.

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It’s multiple choice time for ruthless Starmer: will he retain or scrap tuition fees? | Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian Higher Education

Labour Tuition fees Keir Starmer Education Schools Industrial action Politics Students Higher education UK news Teacher Network TeachingAs the state of education comes under scrutiny, Labour’s leader faces some hard choices over the promises he made in 2020 It’s that time of year when the kids have just gone back to school, and every working parent who just scraped through the Christmas holidays breathes a sigh of relief. But not, perhaps, for long.

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Adding Value for Port Clients with Waterfront Engineering, Materials Handling Under One Roof

Clark Nesxen

Having solid waterfront infrastructure, off-loading processes, and warehousing makes a port more appealing to the industries and organizations who rely on maritime transportation. Engineering Industrial Waterfront

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Tsai Lu Liu Appointed Dean of the College of Architecture, Arts, and Design at Virginia Tech

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Tsai Lu Liu Liu is the head of the Department of Graphic Design and Industrial Design at North Carolina State University. from National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan; an MBA from Georgia State University; and a Master of Industrial Design from Auburn University.

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MYRA BLANCO

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Blanco received her bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from the University of Puerto Rico. in industrial and systems engineering from Virginia Tech. Myra Blanco Myra Blanco has been appointed senior faculty fellow for the Office of Research and Innovation.

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College of Lake County Advanced Technology Center Supports the Next Generation of Manufacturing

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

The College of Lake County’s Advanced Technology Center was created as a local resource to prepare students for the demands of this changing industry. Manufacturing is a crucial element of the Lake County, Ill., economy.

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FERITA CARTER

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Carter earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial and systems engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, an MPA from Auburn University at Montgomery, and a Ph.D. Ferita Carter Ferita Carter has been named interim president of Riverside City College in Riverside, Calif.,

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Education Department Announces Initiative to Improve Access to Training Programs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It’s time we bridge the divide between our K-12 systems and our college, career, and industry preparation programs, which leave too many students behind and perpetuate inequities in our most diverse, underserved, and rural communities,” said Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A. The U.S.

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Unis ‘failing to deliver’ on AI skills

HECG

Major global institutions – including academia, industry and governments – are not doing enough to help citizens learn about and adjust to Artificial Intelligence, and neither are they providing sufficient opportunity for lifelong learning. The industry leaders also “signalled a technology-driven sea change in the way global enterprises recruit, evaluate and develop human talent, emphasising so-called soft skills and experience while deemphasising undergraduate degrees”.

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People jobs for people, robot jobs for robots

HECG

The result – they created people who can address future challenges far more effectively than the current state of higher education and industry skills development allows. Business Business and Industry Higher Education University Students Work AI digital HECG higher education Technology UniversitiesBy DAVID WRIGHT. Today we build companies that are designed to meet a specified and known need. Most of these companies will not succeed in the future.

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Fossil fuel companies donated $700m to US universities over 10 years – study

The Guardian Higher Education

Funding at 27 universities can shift not just research agendas, but also policy in the direction the industry prefers, authors argue Six fossil fuel companies funnelednearly $700m in research funding to 27 universities in the US from 2010 to 2020, according to new research. Such funding at universities that conduct climate research can shift not just research agendas, but also policy in the direction of climate solutions the industry prefers, the report’s authors argue.

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Cal State Fullerton Gets $1.4M for Career Pathways Projects

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The outcome is bad for students and industries alike: a lack of social mobility and a lack of qualified workers. It’s a burgeoning industry, expected to grow 7% between 2020 and 2030. There are certain industry sectors that are very much forecasting labor shortages,” said Zarate. “We

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Case Study: How One College Brought a Technology Training Center to Life

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

The manufacturing industry in Lake County, Illinois, just north of Chicago, employs nearly 100,000 of the county’s 700,000 residents and is responsible for nearly $50 billion of the county’s economy.

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IBM Survey Reveals Low Awareness of STEM Opportunities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Two-thirds of respondents said that they thought that STEM jobs across industries would increase over the next decade, and half said that they were interested in pursuing one. This is why we must raise awareness of the breadth of science and technology roles that exist across industries.”

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University of Louisville Launches Online Master of Science Program in Health Professions Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The College of Education and Human Development and the School of Medicine at the University of Louisville are launching an online Master of Science degree in Health Professions Education (MSHPE) to fulfill the needs of a growing health care industry.

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Target to Launch Internship Program for HBCU Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Maya Moss The Target Scholars Sophomore Internship Program will give second-year students industry experience in a number of the retailer's departments, such as retail, supply chain facilities, technology, merchandising, and product development. “We

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