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SynED recognizes that traditional education is challenged by multiple forces: an accelerating pace of change, rapidly evolving educational technologies, and a web of cultural/sociological evolution that confront existing models of education and the workplace. Formal education has evolved into a complex multi-faceted, life-long activity no longer delivered in a monolithic block during one’s first twenty years.

Awareness of current and future trends arms educators, employers and citizens with key knowledge to make relevant decisions and create effective organizations to support those evolving needs. At the heart of synED’s charter and passion is the investigation and discussions of our evolving world with those who are acutely impacted by it. Our Research and ReportOUT division is dedicated to monitoring, investigating and stimulating conversation and action around these universal issues. By anticipating these dynamics, synED seeks to spur transformations in institutional education and independent learning.

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The Hot New Gen-Z Trend Is Skipping College

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Originally Posted On: vice.com High schoolers are weighing the benefits of blue-collar trades at a time when well-paying jobs—and no debt—are hard to pass up. This story appears in VICE Magazine's Power and Privilege Issue. Click HEREto…

Why We Should Stop Conflating Human and Machine Intelligence

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Originally Posted On: singularityhub.com It’s common to hear phrases like ‘machine learning’ and ‘artificial intelligence’ and believe that somehow, someone has managed to replicate a human mind inside a computer. This, of course,…

Don’t Dismiss the Value of Free-College Programs. They Do Help Low-Income Students

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Originally Posted On: chronicle.com Written By: Sara Goldrick-Rab and Michelle Miller-Adams Separate reports released this week by respected Washington-based think tanks miss the mark on the free-college question. The Education Trust’s…

IT Technician Pathway Leads to High-Paying Jobs in California

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Steve Wright Information Communication Technologies-Digital Media Sector Navigator California Community Colleges [email protected] ROCKLIN, Calif. — There’s never been a better time to enter the IT…

Is Higher Ed Omnivorous or Sucked Dry?

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Originally Posted On: chronicle.com Written By: Cathy N. Davidson In a recent Chronicle Review essay with the clickbait headline (which the authors did not write) "Why the University’s Insatiable Appetite Will Be Its Undoing,"…

Don’t Let Prestige Bias Keep You From Applying to Community Colleges

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Originally Posted On: chronicle.com Written By: Rob Jenkins Last spring The Chronicle published an advice column on "5 Big-Picture Mistakes New Ph.D.s Make on the Job Market." Allow me to add No. 6: They don’t consider applying…

California Mayors Cyber Cup Creates Partnerships Between Government, Education, and Industry for Cybersecurity Career Pathways

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What’s the best part about winning a competition? The trophy, of course. But in the case of the California Mayors Cyber Cup, the winning teams took just as much pride in giving the trophy as they did in receiving one. The California Mayors…