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Facing a white-collar worker shortage, American companies seek a blue-collar solution

The Hechinger Report

The dean’s list student ended up a college dropout, a gay 20-something cut off from his parents after coming out, and working at a UPS Store in a job he described as “retail drudgery” while running up credit card debt and stringing out his college loans. It feels like we’re the kids of the company,” said Haruza, now 27.

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OPINION: Why we must invest in new, innovative workforce training to fill a skills gap

The Hechinger Report

Build company-specific programs that focus on recruiting and/or customized training. Encourage more companies to support local colleges and students through mentorship programs, internships and summer job opportunities. For example, at energy companies, data scientists help reduce costs, maximize investments and improve public safety.

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Overdue tuition and fees — as little as $41 — derail hundreds of thousands of California community college students

The Hechinger Report

Wilson, 47, started taking courses in 2019, a few months before the pandemic hit and just before he lost his job as an elementary school music teacher. Schools can refer students to state tax collectors to have their tax refund garnished or send them to debt collection companies, which often charge high fees.

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Beyond Bootcamps: How Employers Can Help Nontraditional Learners Succeed

Edsurge

In the last six years the number of students graduating from coding bootcamps has reportedly increased 11-fold, to an estimated 23,043 in 2019. Although everyone wants magic solutions that can transform high-school dropouts into Google engineers in six months, this rarely happens. Usually, when new hires succeed, so does the company.

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More students are dropping out of college during Covid — and it could get worse

The Hechinger Report

million students who started college in fall 2019, 26.1 The dropout spike was even more startling for community college students like Izzy, an increase of about 3.5 The rising dropout rate on college campuses has consequences for individual students, their families and the economy. percentage points. Out of the country’s 2.6

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Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Refugee Education Fund Partners with Discovery Education

eSchool News

DUBAI, UAE–29 September, 2020 : The Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Refugee Education Fund (REF) has announced a new first of its kind partnership with Discovery Education to deliver award winning online learning, increasing access to education for thousands of refugees and vulnerable youth in Lebanon.

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Progress in getting underrepresented people into college and skilled jobs may be stalling because of the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Experts say that this means dropout rates, which had been declining for more than a decade, will likely start to rise again. In the summer, Black enrollment overall dropped by more than 6 percent , compared to 2019, more sharply than that of any other racial group. Access to talent is their number-one competitive priority.”.

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