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Latino gap in STEM workforce is not narrowing, Pew study finds
Nicole Acevedo
Latino and Black workers remain underrepresented in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) workforce compared with their share of all workers. But a Pew Research Center report published Thursday found that the gap in STEM workforce representation is especially large for Hispanic adults.
Community College Enrollment Plummeting, Impacting Gainesville Residents
Cassandra Dergins
NPR
In the fall of 2020, Santa Fe College recorded a 12 percent decrease in enrollment, while the College of Central Florida in Ocala saw a decline of more than seven percent. They’re part of the national trend of falling enrollment at community colleges. Recent studies done by the National Student Clearinghouse show that enrollment at community colleges has dropped by over 10 percent nationwide this past fall semester.This trend is disproportionately affecting Black, Hispanic, and Native American students whose national undergraduate enrollment has decreased by 7.5%, 5.4% and 9.6%, respectively, in the fall of 2020. “This pandemic is introducing additional disadvantages for the already disadvantaged,” Ortagus said.
Digital Enablement As the New Training: How This Founder Is Rethinking Upskilling For Knowledge Workers
Jessica Lin
Forbes
As we think about how to get more Americans back to work post-pandemic, it’s clear there needs to be better software training systems in place to promote this critical digital adoption with employees.
Building Equitable Upskilling Programs: It’s Not Degree Vs. Short Credentials — It’s Both
Allison Dulin Salisbury
Forbes
Recent efforts to expand diversity, equity, and inclusion measures have employers questioning nearly everything about their hiring processes. And, suddenly, degree requirements are being reconsidered in a big way — with employers finally reconsidering whether they are necessary for many job roles. They’ve come to see degree requirements for what they too often are: an unnecessary barrier for black and brown employees, which restrict access to jobs they are qualified to do.
The Future of Work Is Here: Begin Upskilling and Reskilling Employees Today
Salesforce Emea
IN DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION, FUTURE OF WORK, LEADING THROUGH CHANGE, CIO
Upskilling and reskilling employees are crucial for thriving in uncertain times.
United States Manufacturing Production: 1920-2020 Data for 2021-2022 Forecast
Trading Economics
Check out this comprehensive look at interactive charts exploring the past century of manufacturing history alongside forecast data for the coming years.
Take the ACE Quiz — And Learn What It Does And Doesn’t Mean
Laura Starecheski
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) scores tally childhood experiences that may have a bigger impact; the higher your score, the higher your risk for later health problems. ACE may also measurably impact your learning experience.
What Jeff Kondel had done for our program has truly put us on the map at Manatee Technical College. He has gone way above and beyond to help our program get where it is today. The ROOTS engineering package…can help people, our young student learners, become high-tech learners in the shortest amount of time… This package allows the maximum amount of learning in the shortest amount of time, making it one of the most efficient educational packages I’ve ever seen in my 40 years of teaching.
I believe that if we are going to be competitive in [the] United States, we need a paradigm shift in education; in that, ROOTS engineering will play a major role.
Your robotics package is an innovative breath of fresh air in this arena. Starting with the total cost of robotic ownership, it has been somewhat prohibitive for educators to get the trainer dollars to spend to get a comprehensive suite consisting of multiple robotic cells so that the students can actually spend a reasonable amount of time to learn the language and the programming sequences to allow for simple routines. The next hurdle is the time and expense that is required to send the instructor to the ‘factory’ classes and have them away for weeks at a time. This model alleviates the travel and expense of training the trainer… the curriculum and the content map are effortlessly and organically fine-tuned during the training as well. Dense educational value is very important to me. The ROOTS educational package provides the absolute best experience for the students…
