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UT Austin and Texas A&M to Host 10th Annual Texas Male Student Leadership Summit

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The event – hosted by UT Austin’s Project MALES and the UT Austin-Texas A&M collaboration Texas Education Consortium for Male Students of Color – will take place at UT Austin Aug.

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New HBCU Medical College in NOLA Will Confront Medical Inequities

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They expect it will continue to boost the local economy, still recovering from Hurricane Katrina’s impact almost 20 years ago and will also allow for greater collaboration with other medical schools in the area, like Louisiana State University and Tulane University. Drew University of Medicine and Science.

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VUU Webinar Discusses NSF Funding and STEM Research at HBCUs

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Recent data projects that nearly four million additional people will be needed in 2030 for the science and engineering workforce to be representative of the U.S. population, Moore added. Moore listed numerous NSF scholarships and programs beneficial to HBCU research in fields including STEM, data science, and computing.

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California Reconnect To Give Some College, No Degree Students A Leg Up

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“I think there’s an opportunity to address the challenges we face through greater collaboration,” said Kai Drekmeier, founder and chief development officer at InsideTrack. “We By 2030, the Public Policy Institute of California predicts that 40% of all jobs will require at least a bachelor’s degree.

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North Carolina Behind in Goal for Educational Attainment; Calls for Greater Student Support

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MyFutureNC, a statewide, nonprofit organization led through cross-sectional collaboration, set a goal to see two million North Carolinians aged 25 to 44 attain an industry-valued credential or postsecondary degree by the year 2030. Holden added that this effort will take collaboration from all sectors, not just education and policy.

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Cal State Fullerton Gets $1.4M for Career Pathways Projects

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The state awarded $18 million each to six regional collaboratives consisting of at least one K-12 school district, University of California campus, California State University campus, and community college district. It’s a burgeoning industry, expected to grow 7% between 2020 and 2030.

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Design strategy for continuing and professional education at the University of Texas at Dallas

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The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s (THECB) agenda of Building a Talent Strong Texas desires that 60% of Texans ages 25 - 64 will receive a degree, certificate, or other postsecondary credent ial of value by 2030. THECB’s age range is an opportunity for UTD — to meet this mandate through continuing and professional education.