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Career Schools on Path To Create 5 Million Career Professionals The nation’s postsecondary career education colleges and universities prepared 556,635 career professionals in 2018 according to research published today. This brings the total number to 1,783,764 career professionals produced during the first three years of the sector’s “Campaign to Create 5 Million Career Professionals” within 10 years. “Our sector is on pace to meet its goal to train 5 million of the next generation of career professionals,” said Steve Gunderson, president and CEO of Career Education Colleges and Universities (CECU). “However, these numbers also reveal the underlying issue of insufficient skilled workers to meet the demands of the US economy. In almost every category, we are producing fewer skilled professionals than are needed to meet the demands of both growth and retirements. This underscores why career schools are so important in providing skilled workers for the American economy.” The Bureau of Labor Statistics most recent projections (2018 – 2028) show 8.4 million new jobs being created during this time. In 2016, the sector announced the campaign as its commitment to produce no less than 5 million mid-level career professionals. Three years into the campaign, career colleges are on target to meet this pledge. The sector’s focus on enrolling and graduating a diverse student population from historically underrepresented backgrounds results in career schools contributing a higher percentage of women and minority students to the workforce when compared to public and private nonprofit institutions. Career schools graduate 13% more women than public institutions (fig. 1). Black and Hispanic students comprise 45% of graduates (fig. 2), compared to only 20% in private non-profit schools; and 27% in public institutions. Click here to continue reading. ICYMI: Defrauded Corinthian Students Push For Higher Contempt Fine Against Education Secretary Betsy Devos – Politico Former Corinthian Colleges students asked a federal judge to “substantially” increase the $100,000 fine against DeVos. Trends/Predictions Ten Higher Education Predictions for a New Decade – Inside Higher Ed Economic pressure will increase on small rural colleges and over one hundred will close their doors. To survive today, a small college needs a great location, a large endowment, and a powerful brand. Education News
A ‘wildly intrusive’ way to help older college students get their degrees – The Hechinger Report In 2018, Byrne and her colleagues decided to play detective using predictive analytics, which tracks student data to predict who is likely to graduate or not. Americans Rank A Google Internship Over A Harvard Degree – Forbes When asked what they believe would be most helpful for a high school graduate to launch a career, Americans overwhelmingly recommend an internship at Google (60%) over a degree from Harvard (40%). Q&A with John Ratzenberger – Community College Daily Though he may be best known for his role as Cliff Clavin on the TV show “Cheers” or his voice work in every Disney Pixar movie, he’s also a strong advocate for educating people in the skilled trades. Comments are closed.
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