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The Chronicle covering innovation in and around academe. Here’s what I’m thinking about this week.
Five things to help cutting-edge programs succeed.
For many reasons a “K-shaped recovery” that’s leaving people behind, an impending push for green-economy jobs, students’ greater hesitancy to enroll in higher education colleges would be wise to pay particular attention to programs tied to cutting-edge fields right now. Done right, those programs could be the lifeblood of institutions and their communities. Done wrong well, you don’t need me to outline the potential for political and financial backlash.
Value Colleges Releases Rankings of Addiction Counseling Degree Programs
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Feb. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Value Colleges (
www.valuecolleges.com), an independent online guide to the best values in undergraduate and graduate education, is pleased to share three new rankings:
25 Best Value Online Master s in Addiction Counseling for 2021
For all rankings, Value Colleges focused specifically on fully accredited colleges and universities with an established reputation for quality.
The top 3 online Addiction Counseling Master s programs are: 1) Wake Forest University, 2) University at Buffalo, and 3) University of Oklahoma. The top 3 online Addiction Counseling Bachelor s programs are: 1) Purdue University Global; 2) Texas Tech University; 3) Indiana Wesleyan University. The top 3 online Addiction Counseling Certificate programs are: 1) Purdue University Global; 2) University of California, Los Angeles; 3) University of Michigan.
As Monday morning rolls in, we’re providing TechWire readers with a quick recap of the past week’s news headlines.
Notable news stories from last week included: Developer Kane Realty announced it’s building a $1 billion, 33-acre innovation district in Raleigh’s North Hills; NC TECH released its annual State of Technology Industry Report showing that tech job demand remains elevated despite the pandemic; Durham semiconductor firm Cree is changing its longtime name to Wolfspeed; Wake Tech Community College partnered with Amazon to offer a new robotics training program.
And, in national news: The headlines were flooded with news about the r/WallStreetBets subreddit, as GameStop shares soared in a grassroots-led rally against short sellers; a massive internet service outage hit the U.S. on Monday; $284 billion in loans is now available for small businesses through a new round of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funding; Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and other tech giants reporte
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RALEIGH – Amazon is expanding an apprenticeship program offering training in robotics and “mechatronics” for current and prospective employees. One of the new partners is Wake Tech Community College.
“We’re proud to offer this life-changing opportunity to employees as part of our Upskilling 2025 initiative, a $700 million commitment to provide free skills training to 100,000 Amazon employees in the U.S. by 2025 to help them transition into in-demand, higher-paying jobs,” Alicia Boler Davis wrote in a blog post.
“This initiative also includes our innovative Career Choice program that pays for up to 95% of tuition and fees for employees to get the training and certification needed to move to in-demand jobs within their communities.”