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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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What happened when a South Carolina city embraced career education for all its students

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Ariel Gilreath/The Hechinger Report. One week per month, engineers from local industries visit the classrooms and talk to students about their careers. . Greenville County Schools has begun partnering with companies in the area, such as BMW and Michelin, to develop courses in mechatronics and automotive research.

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HE Challenges: Fast changing digital teaching methods

Neo LMS

A range of specialist companies and private institutions is now providing excellent higher education components, as well as providing ancillary and support services such as examination and certification services, learning support, learning analytics, etc. .” A grim future for today’s providers of HE? Skills gap.

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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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Edtech, Equity, and Innovation: A Critical Look in the Mirror

Digital Promise

When schools persistently graduate less than half of their students of color and students with disabilities, we call those schools dropout factories. Real change can come from our unanimous stance against ineffective edtech, including predatory companies who make baseless claims in order to sell their products.

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A battle at one university is a case study in why higher education is so slow to change

The Hechinger Report

It’s not a retail company. It’s not a retail company. Credit: Steven Vargo for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Steven Vargo for The Hechinger Report. As for graduation rates that weren’t increasing, and dropout rates that didn’t decline, she said, “you have to ask why.”. And you can’t. It’s not a bank. And you can’t.

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Beyond Bootcamps: How Employers Can Help Nontraditional Learners Succeed

Edsurge

Although everyone wants magic solutions that can transform high-school dropouts into Google engineers in six months, this rarely happens. When you’re new to an industry, it can be easy to take these experiences personally or feel like you’re alone in making mistakes.

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