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After Decades of Pushing Bachelor’s Degrees, U.S. Needs More Tradespeople

FONTANA, Calif. — At a steel factory dwarfed by the adjacent Auto Club Speedway, Fernando Esparza is working toward his next promotion. Esparza is a 46-year-old mechanic for Evolution Fresh, a subsidiary of Starbucks that makes juices and smoothies. He’s taking a class in industrial computing taught by a community college at a local manufacturing […]

September 6, 2017

News Roundup

Penn State Professors Get Grant for ‘Fake News’ Detector

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Two Penn State professors have received $300,000 from the National Science Foundation to develop technology that will enable digital devices to weed out “fake news.” The university says Dongwon Lee, a professor of information sciences and technology, and S. Shyam Sundar, a communications professor, are working on the project. Lee says, […]

August 31, 2017

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Faculty Chemistry Pays Off at Georgia Gwinnett College

Can you imagine a new state college having a junior faculty member chairing an open rank chemistry search committee?

August 16, 2017

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Apprenticeship Programs Gaining Momentum

President Donald J. Trump and Congress are looking to expand apprenticeship opportunities, lauding the workforce development strategy for giving students a way to make money and affordably educate themselves for bigger and better things.

July 30, 2017

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University of Memphis Lands its Largest Research Contract

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The University of Memphis has landed the largest research contract in the school’s history. The Commercial Appeal reported that the university won a $13.8 million research contract from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to lead a team of six universities studying wearable sensors. The work began at the end […]

July 27, 2017

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Report: Good Jobs Available for Those Without Bachelor’s

Despite the decline of manufacturing that made good jobs for high school graduates a rarity, there are still 30 million good jobs that don’t require a bachelor’s degree, a new report being released today shows.

July 26, 2017

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Yoga Utilized to Assist Young Girls on Coding Path

HowGirlsCode “Mind, Body, and Coding” summer camp, held on the campus of University of Maryland Baltimore County, is a computer science and coding camp for girls ranging from the 3rd to 9th grades.

July 20, 2017

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Math Big Factor in Diversifying STEM Pipeline

The common denominator for entry into most STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) majors is the ability to successfully complete high-level math courses. There is no getting around this requirement in order to obtain degrees in majors like engineering, computer science and chemistry. There may not be one magic bullet that will increase the diversity […]

July 20, 2017

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Recently Retired President Simpson Forever Open to Change

At a time when community colleges are more important than ever in providing access to higher education, Dr. Bob Simpson of Cypress College feels great satisfaction in facilitating the process and strengthening the available content.

July 18, 2017

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House Reaches Deal to Greatly Expand GI Bill

WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans and Democrats have reached initial agreement on the biggest expansion of college aid for military veterans in a decade, removing a 15-year time limit to tap into benefits and boosting money for thousands in the National Guard and Reserve. The deal being announced early Thursday is a sweeping effort to fill […]

July 13, 2017

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U. of New Hampshire Institute on Disabilities Gets $2.7M Grant

DURHAM, N.H. — The University of New Hampshire has been awarded a five-year, $2.7 million grant to support the independence, productivity and quality of individuals with disabilities. The funding for the university’s Institute on Disability comes from the federal Administration for Community Living. It will be used for research, for training future health and human […]

July 5, 2017

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Experts: Data Science and Analytics Skills Essential for Minority Students

By 2021, job candidates who possess skills in data science and analytics — or DSA — will be more than twice as likely to be hired as those who don’t.

June 29, 2017