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July 04, 2018
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Skills gap could have alarming consequences
skills gap

An alarming gap between job openings and an increasingly shrinking pool of skilled, talented workers could "debilitate" key markets across the globe, according to a new analysis from executive search firm Korn Ferry International. Those markets could lose trillions of dollars in unrealized annual revenues, with significant impacts on major…


 


 

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7 alarming problems with students’ critical thinking

Critical thinking is one of the top-requested skills employers look for in job applicants, but are colleges and universities doing enough to help students develop this skill? Fifty-nine percent of surveyed adults ages 18-31 who attend or attended a college or university say they are very confident in their soft…


 

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We need to support foster youth in higher ed

Last month was National Foster Care Month, a time to highlight the role each of us can play in enhancing the lives of children and youth in foster care. It’s a sobering fact to think that 400,000 children and youth are in foster care at any given time; in 2015,…

The villain cheating students and faculty

There is a pervasive villain that strikes at the very heart of higher education. Its wound is painless yet powerful; victims don’t even know their academic life has been crippled until it’s too late. There has been much gnashing of teeth and angst about the rapid rise in cost of…

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