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A “pathway to Finland” – the boost needed for its 2030 goal?

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Numbers are recovering after the pandemic, with some universities overwhelmed with applications and the government even having issues with a visa processing bottleneck in the 2022 intake. The program sees students have extra lessons in English, as well as course specific tracks in business, engineering & technology and nursing. “As

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Carnegie Mellon Launches $150M STEM Diversity Initiative

Inside Higher Ed

Carnegie Mellon University announced today a $116 million donation from the Norman and Ruth Rales Foundation to help underrepresented students pursue graduate education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The first student cohort will enroll in fall 2024, with an expected 86 fellows to be added each year. Hide by line?:

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VUU Webinar Discusses NSF Funding and STEM Research at HBCUs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Federal support, funding opportunities, and advice were the topics of discussion at a Virginia Union University (VUU) webinar about STEM research at Historically Black colleges and Universities (HBCUs). At Tuskegee University, they're conducting integrated STEM research and makerspaces. Dr. James L. Dr. James L.

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DeepLearning.AI and Coursera launch Generative AI for Everyone from AI pioneer Andrew Ng

Coursera blog

McKinsey research shows that generative AI could enable automation of up to 70 percent of business activities across almost all occupations by 2030 and could add up to 4.4 Learn to use generative AI to help their day-to-day work and receive tips on effective prompt engineering. trillion a year to the economy in productivity gains.

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Cal State Fullerton Gets $1.4M for Career Pathways Projects

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But California State University, Fullerton’s efforts to tackle this issue got a major boost recently with the announcement of $1.4 It’s a burgeoning industry, expected to grow 7% between 2020 and 2030. The outcome is bad for students and industries alike: a lack of social mobility and a lack of qualified workers.

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Announcing new job-relevant content from top brands to help learners prepare for surge in digital jobs

Coursera blog

By Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content Officer at Coursera The World Economic Forum predicts that 94 million digital jobs could be available all over the world by 2030 – particularly higher wage jobs in places with lower economic opportunity and growing working age populations.

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New HBCU Medical College in NOLA Will Confront Medical Inequities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Xavier University of Louisiana, an historically Black university (or HBCU) in New Orleans and top graduator of Black students who pursue medical degrees and doctorates in the health sciences, is partnering with Ochsner Health, the area’s leading medical training center, to open Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine (XOCOM).