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Alcino Donadel

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Alcino Donadel is editor at University Business covering college leadership, enrollment, and career readiness since 2023. He is a first-generation journalism graduate from the University of Florida with triple citizenship from the U.S., Ecuador, and Brazil. Find Alcino on LinkedIn or email him at [email protected].
Podcasts

Workforce Pell watch: Valuable funding for every college’s mission

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Workforce Pell's July 1 launch is only the beginning. Here's why Kentucky urges all colleges and universities to embrace career readiness.
Enrollment

Students staying enrolled reaches highest levels in almost a decade

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First-year students entering in fall 2024 persisted to their second academic year at promising levels. Some groups experienced notable increases.
Policy and Legal Affairs

The most pressing state education initiatives right now

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Workforce development has become the driving force behind some of the nation's most significant education reforms. One major higher ed initiative beginning July 1 is accelerating the trend.
Career Pathways

Graduates are already fed up with the new ‘industrial revolution’

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Spring commencement ceremonies that embraced AI were showered with boos. However, graduates' future employers are bullish on tech.
Career Pathways

The emerging transcript built for skills, not courses

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State-led talent marketplaces can accelerate the skills-based hiring movement. One advocate says colleges will shift how they measure outcomes.
Rankings

These are the best colleges in the world, according to one list

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The U.S. boasts six of the 10 best universities internationally, according to U.S. News & World Report's latest ranking.
The Blueprint

The presidents daring to break the mold for workforce innovation

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Three college presidents are dismantling tradition to deliver faster, career-ready pathways for today’s economy.
Academics

Can microcredentials drive new demand for higher ed?

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A growing number of students—and employers—believe microcredentials will build a better workforce.
Leadership

How enormous private capital deals are testing university oversight

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Public-private partnerships and investment deals are expanding quickly across Power Four programs, often with limited board visibility.
Career Pathways

New state moves combine power of college and the workforce

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Policymakers are merging or aligning agencies to tie academic programs more directly to labor demand, reshaping how colleges operate.
President's Corner

How Roanoke College’s new pathways tackle the workforce mismatch

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President Frank Shushok is reengineering how students move between high school, college and work—with on-ramps, off-ramps and fewer dead ends.
Artificial Intelligence

AI is breaking the entry-level job ladder. Colleges may not be ready

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New surveys show graduates are unprepared to use AI professionally and fear entry-level jobs will be replaced. Employers are confirming their anxieties.
Leadership

UF digs at DEI as another presidential search draws scrutiny

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The flagship publicly denounced DEI as “discriminatory” as criticism mounts over Stuart Bell's selection as sole presidential candidate.
Artificial Intelligence

Here are states’ 3 highest priorities in developing AI policy

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A growing patchwork of mandates and frameworks is standardizing how institutions deploy AI—and who remains in charge.
Finance

Cuts and hiring freezes spread as spring semester closes

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Public universities move to cut costs with layoffs, paused hiring and program changes as deficits tied to enrollment and funding trouble deepen.
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