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In Announcing Winners of Higher Ed Challenge, Ed Dept Looks Ahead to 2030

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Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology held its first major event in nearly two years on Thursday, and the main takeaway is that the office is busy planning for the future—2030, to be exact. Once employees determine their degree path, they can begin taking online courses paid for by JetBlue.

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OPINION: How schools can find common ground in an era of education wars

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At the same time, McKinsey & Company estimates that automation and artificial intelligence will displace between 400 and 800 million jobs globally by 2030. And traditional public schools are facing increased competition from charter schools and independent schools.

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Students Face a Troubling Skills Gap Around Career Readiness. We’re Fixing It With Data.

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The goal as we see it is something we call “60x30TX,” or 60 percent of Texas adults ages 25-34 will hold a degree by 2030. These tech tools are paired with the Dallas County Promise Pledge , which has students commit to apply to college or community college, submit their financial aid applications, register for school and enroll in courses.

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A Bootcamp Down Under: Trilogy Education Extends University Tech Training Globally

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As technology companies from Google to Salesforce plant roots in Australia, government and business leaders down under are trying to figure out ways to train students and workers to keep up with a changing workforce. Also new is Trilogy’s recent acquisition of Firehose Project, an online coding course.

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As enrollment falls and colleges close, a surprising number of new ones are opening

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Demand for workers in solar is expected to nearly double by 2030, according to an industry census. The number of workers needed in the offshore wind energy industry will also nearly double, by 2025 , to 589,000, and increase to 868,000 by 2030, the consulting firm Rystad Energy estimates.

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Education Looks Eastward: Snapshots from Beijing's Global Education Technology Summit

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China had a reputation for copying technology from Silicon Valley, but these days the country has developed its own unique technology environment—what a new book by Kai-Fu Lee, former head of Google China, calls an “alternate internet universe.” An estimated 34 percent of all mobile internet traffic in China flows through WeChat.

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The Still-Evolving Future of University Credentials

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And major companies and industry groups are increasingly getting into the credentialing game, exemplified by firms such as IBM and Google. The number of open badges awarded nearly doubled from 24 million in 2018 to 43 million in 2020. are hard at work on standards frameworks.

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