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TRANSFR Raises $12M to Deliver Hands-on Workforce Training Through VR

Edsurge

When [students] take off the headset, they will be asked by the employer, ‘Can you show me how to use this tool or use this machine or do this process or procedure?’ Alabama faces a potential shortfall of 199,000 skilled workers by 2026 that, if unaddressed, could reach 243,000 by 2030 according to state data.

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Out of poverty, into the middle class

The Hechinger Report

As emerging technologies rapidly and thoroughly transform the workplace, some experts predict that by 2030 400 million to 800 million people worldwide could be displaced and need to find new jobs. They know how to find a way to pay for it and make it the best college experience,” she says. “I

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” His attorney says he will fight for the right to be paid the full value of his contract, which runs through 2026 – that’s over $40 million in salary and bonuses. ” There’s more on how schools are responding to their athletes’ decision to protest during the national anthem in the politics section above.