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How Maricopa Community Colleges are Leading with Workforce-aligned Bachelor’s Degrees

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Furthermore, by 2031, the number of good jobs is expected to grow by 87 million. Roueche Center for Community College Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, College of Education, Kansas State University. Of these jobs, 58 million will require a bachelors degree pathway. The Roueche Center Forum is co-edited by Drs.

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Challenges for Higher Education: An Emerging Skills Shortage and Inequity in the Workforce

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Boggs By 2031, 72%of the jobs in the U.S. Roueche Center for Community College Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, College of Education, Kansas State University. After Everything: Projections of Jobs, Education, and Training Requirements through 2031. Dr. George R. Mathis of the John E. Van Der Werf, M.

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How to Move Latinx Students into High-Paying Jobs

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By 2031, Latinx workers will make up 90% of the new workforce. This year, Excelencia also examined three specific areas of industry projected to grow by roughly 10% by 2031: STEM (statistics, technology, engineering and mathematics), healthcare, and educational professions. population growth. Currently, one fifth of the U.S.

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Report Finds Increased Interest in Higher Ed for Career Advancement

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The Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce projects that by 2031, 72% of jobs will require some kind of education beyond high school. economy depends on it. Meanwhile, Lumina estimates that 54% of U.S. adults, ages 25 to 64, have met that education threshold.

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Report: Latinos Essential to Growing STEM Workforce

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million STEM job openings by 2031 – supporting and assisting this population with the obstacles in their paths may prove essential to the economic health of the country, the report stated. Latino population is not negligible. And as the U.S. anticipates a coming shortage of workers in engineering and tech – there are projected to be 10.9

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The federal government projects that more than 203,000 new registered nurse (RN) positions will be created each year from 2021 to 2031, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). Smith says the majority of RN–BSN students at Claflin return to school because they desire moving into leadership positions.

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I’m your future Gen Z adult learner. Here are three ways to hook me with your program webpage.

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EAB estimates that by 2031, 60% of adult learners will be Gen Z (like my classmates and me). Guest post by Jordyn Morris, who is interning in EAB’s Research division As a college junior, graduate education is regularly on my mind, as it is for many of my peers.