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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

will require postsecondary education or training, and 42% will require a bachelor’s degree. Strategies to be considered include developing or expanding dual enrollment, apprenticeships, credit for prior learning, transfer, and community college baccalaureates. Dr. George R. Boggs By 2031, 72%of the jobs in the U.S.

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CA Community Colleges Launch New Bachelor’s Programs

Insight Into Diversity

California Community Colleges (CCC) will soon offer six new bachelor’s degree programs, an initiative aimed at expanding the accessibility and affordability of four-year degrees. The post CA Community Colleges Launch New Bachelor’s Programs appeared first on Insight Into Diversity. million students each year.

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Report: Community college baccalaureate can drive racial equity

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Community college baccalaureate programs in California can help more Black and Latino students earn bachelor’s degrees in a state that badly needs a more educated workforce, according to a new report. Black residents make up a much smaller share of the state population but have a similar degree gap.

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CGS Report Delves Into Under-Researched Field of Graduate-Level Microcredentials

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Non-degree certificate programs at the graduate level are rarely researched, an issue that the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) aimed to address with the release of its new report. CGS researchers focused on examining microcredentials that are credit-bearing, are documented on academic transcripts, and require bachelor’s degrees.

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The Equity Imperative ?of the Place-Bound Student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She possesses an associate degree earned in her early 20’s from her local community college. It is the closest university, but it doesn’t offer such a program. Despite increased opportunities for online educational programming, their analysis concludes “.it’s While online education has grown exponentially in the U.S.,

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Cal State objects to proposed four-year programs at two-year colleges

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Three California community colleges are fighting to start new baccalaureate programs, which their leaders insist would fill critical local workforce needs and help students who couldn’t otherwise afford to pursue a four-year degree. The programs aim to admit between 25 and 35 students per year.

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Seven Bachelor’s Degrees Added to Community College Programs

Community College League of California

The California Community Colleges approved seven additional baccalaureate degree programs at community colleges across the state. These degrees, spanning in-demand industries from health care to mechanical fields, join 24 other bachelor’s degree programs for a total of 31 offered or soon to be offered.