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Dr. Barbara Jones Appointed Dean of the Boston University School of Social Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“I am thrilled about the opportunity to work collaboratively toward the school’s vision to advance a just and compassionate society, dismantle injustice of all kinds, promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, and liberate possibilities,” Jones said. “I Jones holds a Ph.D. and MSW in social welfare from the University at Albany.

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Advocating with an Open Heart

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Library workers who are subverting the way things are normally done. I see the spike in anti-trans legislation, assaults on women’s health care, and Tennessee’s drag ban. I feel like all of this political legislation is erasing all the marginalized communities that I love and care about. I became hypervigilant.

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$12.6bn plan to “transform” Australian VET

The PIE News

Priority skills government wants to develop include for “critical and emerging” industries such as Clean energy and Net Zero, manufacturing, national security, food security, construction, care and support services and in digital and technology.

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Riding the wave of technological change to enable transformative learning for all

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Whilst significant disruption is a threat (as it was for the textile workers in the early 19 th Century) Suleyman argues that we must claim the benefits of the wave, whilst protecting ourselves and society from the potentially negative impacts that the same wave may bring.

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Foster students are being left behind—educational leaders can change that

University Business

With roughly 400,000 children in foster care in the U.S. There are also harmful effects when foster children are frequently moved to different homes, which can occur for various reasons, many of which are systemic to the foster care system itself. today, too many children are being left behind.

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New UMN Medical Campus to Focus on Rural Health

Insight Into Diversity

The University of Minnesota (UMN) Medical School will open a new campus focused on training homegrown health care professionals in St. The expansion will address an anticipated shortage of health workers in the region. Cloud, Minn., as early as 2025, through a collaboration with medical provider CentraCare. We need to change that.”

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Japan expands jobs for int’l vocational grads

The PIE News

“The focus on vocational schools (Senmon Gakko) is due to the gaps in some key areas such as nursing care, machine parts and tooling industries, electronic and Information Industries, automobile and construction. Japan is making the first steps to reach out to international students to link them to these job opportunities,” he added.

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