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Virtual Labs Service Brings Access and Flexibility to Community College Students and Faculty While Providing Cost Savings and Educational Expansion to Colleges Summary A proof of concept is underway in the South Central Coast Region (SCCRC) to embrace and actuate the California Community College Chancellor’s Strong Workforce Program objectives to increase enrollment and facilitate more completions.

By Paul Petrone LinkedIn Learning Blog We know the world of work is changing quickly, particularly when you hear stats like the shelf-life of a skill today is a mere 5 years. But often, when we hear stats like that we think of hard skills, such as having to learn some new technology or software. That’s not accurate. There’s

Why are so many companies unprepared for an aging world? The problem is not so much that companies are afraid of age. It’s that they think they understand it — but that “understanding” is woefully incomplete. The dominant narrative of old age, taken for granted by almost everyone, portrays a highly specific image of “oldness”: a need for rest at all times.

Governor Brown’s budget proposal to establish the 115th community college as a fully online campus will give California’s stranded workers a flexible affordable learning option and the opportunity to advance in today’s economy. Creating Equity and Access for 2.5 Million Californians Millions of California’s stranded workers are currently at a career plateau because they lack

SynED.org Founders Guy Smith and Scott Young knew that there had to be a better way. A lifelong interest in students and the workforce, one as a community college professor and Dean, the other as a curriculum developer and consultant to private industry needs, both knew that the educational ecosystem was changing fast. In addition to the swarm of new personal learning

Governor Jerry Brown, whose first elected position in political life was as a community college district trustee in Los Angeles, makes a priority his proposal for an online community college in his final State of the State address in January 2018: “With respect to higher education, it is clear just how much of our prosperity depends on the intellectual contributions of

Educators, government and business come together to meet workforce demand and create opportunities for students across the state. SACRAMENTO — No matter how you count, there’s a major shortage of cybersecurit workers in California. There are some 40,000 unfilled positions across the state, and that number is growing every day. California’s higher education system is poised to meet

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Guy Smith, Executive Director (805) 448-0496 [email protected] Das Williams provides early leadership in alternative credentials to Address Growing Skills Gap in the Workplace Assembly member Das Williams (D – Carpinteria) earlier this year led a focus group in alternative credentialing with SynED.org that has resulted in a CA Community College pilot program

Fellow IT and Cybersecurity Industry and Educators, I have heard from many of you over the past year, as we supported a number of CA Community College events and programs, that the real challenge for our students is to advance in a skill-based economy while pursuing the typical non-degreed Career Technical Education like IT and