Today, the University of Arizona joined 38 higher education institutions and partner organizations to launch the Taskforce on Higher Education and Opportunity. The University of Arizona and task force member partners are driven to act by the challenges caused by the pandemic, income inequality, the changing nature of work and levels of unemployment among recent college graduates nearly double those seen in the 2008 recession. The impact of this crisis is falling unevenly across groups and disproportionately impacting people of color, no matter their educational backgrounds. The task force will provide greater opportunity to students and communities, while reimagining higher education s contribution to society and sharing insights with the broader education community.
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Not all college presidency candidates would be revealed under lawmaker’s proposal Marjorie Cortez © Yukai Peng, Deseret News Weber State University President Brad L. Mortensen delivers a speech during the spring and summer graduation ceremonies at Stewart Stadium at Weber State University in Ogden on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020.
SALT LAKE CITY As the Utah System of Higher Education embarks on a search for the next president of the University of Utah, state lawmakers are considering changes to the presidential search process that would render it less transparent.
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The House Education Committee voted unanimously Tuesday in support of HB318, sending it to the full House for its consideration.
Toilets remain one of humankindâs most ingenious engineering feats. But while the most advanced bidets can wash themselves (along with other parts), they canât fix themselvesâyet.
Plumbing is just one of many good-paying skilled trades that remain in high demand but which have largely been glossed over by the education technology industry, says Doug Donovan, co-founder and CEO of Interplay Learning. âThereâs been a lot of great edtech serving the knowledge worker, such as tools like Pluralsight. But thereâs a vacuum in the digital marketplace for skills for hands-on workers.â
His company has set out to create a digital education platform similar to Lynda.com, but focused on hands-on trades. And the effort is attracting some of the most active education investors that are venturing into skilled labor for the first time.