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Challenges for Higher Education: An Emerging Skills Shortage and Inequity in the Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Boggs By 2031, 72%of the jobs in the U.S. Credit toward a college credential for prior learning Dr. Sonya Christian Another strategy that colleges are using is to assess and grant credit for prior life experiences. After Everything: Projections of Jobs, Education, and Training Requirements through 2031. Dr. George R.

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Just-in-Time Care: How Institutions Can Build A Better Path To College Completion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

By 2031, 72% of all jobs in this country will require education and training beyond high school. Currently, nearly three-quarters of our 9,500 students are eligible for Pell Grants. This isn't changing soon. Two-thirds of all jobs that pay good salaries will go to those who possess a college degree.