This academic year has ushered in a wave of change and excitement at Belmont University. Here’s how President Greg Jones tempers what’s new with what’s essential.
Academic programs at four-year universities must rebuild themselves to amend wilting employer and public trust and changing workforce competencies, says three higher education leaders at the cutting edge of academic and research innovation.
From 2023-2024, job postings rose by an average of 16% year-over-year in the top 10 computer science occupations. However, some fields are showing signs of market disruptions.
More than three-quarters of employees said they learned more in six months at their job than in their entire four-year education, according to Hult International Business School and Workplace Intelligence.
Fueled by million-dollar grants, the experiential learning opportunity is funneling students across the country into cybersecurity, a industry that's desperate for skilled technicians.
Workplace etiquette training can help recent college graduates build their communication skills and ability to receive feedback—and know when to use their phones, according to a new manager survey from Intelligent.
The curse of a sole focus on vocationalism comes as a reaction to corporate leaders and their willing collaborators in state legislatures who think it is either difficult or impractical to interest students in the liberal arts or, heaven forbid, that it might make them into informed voters.
