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Employers willing to pay ‘premium’ for AI-skilled workers, survey finds

Higher Ed Dive

Companies are addressing the AI talent crisis by partnering with educational institutions and using on-demand and gig workers.

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Degrees from these colleges guarantee handsomely higher salaries in finance

University Business

Nonprofit employment trend research company The Burning Glass Institute set out to answer a simple question: How can a four-year finance student’s school choice affect their future salary? The answer is quite a lot. Out of these five, Middlebury College is the only private school.

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Engineering majors earn top salaries for grads—with a caveat

University Business

A pair of reports from Forbes and CNBC confirm the salary premium of engineering graduates as they walk into their first salaried job. Forbes collected data from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) winter 2024 salary survey and 2022 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). from last year.

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West Virginia University may cut 32 majors to address its budget shortfall - Melanie Wilcox, Campus Reform

Economics and Change in Higher Education

That deficit, initially estimated at $35 million, is now projected to be an estimated $45 million, driven largely by the recent increase in PEIA employer premiums.” “The University is navigating a projected structural budget deficit for fiscal year 2024,” WVU Today reported in April.

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Graduate employer levy: A practical and political solution

HEPI

I was grateful to be invited to contribute my own proposal for a ‘graduate employer levy’ and was thoroughly delighted to discover that, compared to the current English model, an employer levy would result in a saving of just over £8 billion for each cohort of students.

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‘Maintain the UK Graduate Route’ petition launched

The PIE News

Some 24% of students have said they did not think their expectations of the route were being met, while a mere 3% of UK employers were using the route in late 2022. “The route offers international students – who pay a premium at UK universities – work experience, connections in the UK workplace & a chance to mitigate study costs.

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Universities facing an adapt-or-die moment need to wake up

University Business

Public confidence in the value of traditional degrees is waning while employers demand graduates with job-ready skills. However, forward-thinking institutions can boost graduate employability and underscore their contemporary worth by embedding industry-recognized professional certifications within their curricula.