Social mobility

Elsevier Report Reveals Global University Challenges, Opportunities and Strategies for Success

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, March 12, 2024

The report also explores the strategies senior leaders are developing to leverage the opportunities that will ensure long-term success for their institutions.

Key Points: 
  • The report also explores the strategies senior leaders are developing to leverage the opportunities that will ensure long-term success for their institutions.
  • Contributors to the report included university leaders, such as Rectors, Presidents, Chancellors, Vice-Chancellors, Vice-Presidents, and Provosts, and leaders from funding organizations, including CEOs, Presidents, Directors, and Chairmen.
  • The report includes detailed analysis of the myriad of challenges confronting academic leaders, yet clear global priorities emerge.
  • Elsevier is committed to learning from these insights and identifying where we can support leaders and the research community."

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation Welcomes its Fourth Class of Students to The Legacy Project

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, March 7, 2024

MARYSVILLE, Ohio, March 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Developed through The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation and The Hagedorn Legacy Foundation, The Legacy Project is proud to welcome its fourth cohort for the class of 2027.

Key Points: 
  • MARYSVILLE, Ohio, March 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Developed through The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation and The Hagedorn Legacy Foundation, The Legacy Project is proud to welcome its fourth cohort for the class of 2027.
  • This is the largest Legacy cohort to date with 29 students who attend Whitehall City Schools in Columbus, Ohio.
  • “As we welcome the fourth class, it makes me proud of the students, coaches and everyone who brings grit to the project every day.”
    The Legacy Project develops students through a multi-discipline curriculum.
  • “We’re honored to continue the success of The Legacy Project with this year’s new class of students,” said Brian Herrington, president of the Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation.

AACSB Recognizes Delta Analytics Academy as an “Innovation that Inspires”

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, February 22, 2024

Atlanta, Georgia, Feb. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AACSB International (AACSB), the world’s largest business education alliance, has recognized Delta Analytics Academy , a nine-month certificate program to remove barriers to career paths in analytics for the operational experts of Delta Air Lines, as one of its 2024 Innovations That Inspire .

Key Points: 
  • Atlanta, Georgia, Feb. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AACSB International (AACSB), the world’s largest business education alliance, has recognized Delta Analytics Academy , a nine-month certificate program to remove barriers to career paths in analytics for the operational experts of Delta Air Lines, as one of its 2024 Innovations That Inspire .
  • The Analytics Academy was co-developed by the carrier with Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business.
  • “We are gratified that AACSB is recognizing the Delta Analytics Academy as a 2024 Innovation That Inspires,” said Robinson College Dean Richard Phillips.
  • The Delta Analytics Academy exemplifies the unique ways that business schools create value and impact for their stakeholders,” said Lily Bi, AACSB president and CEO.

StandOut® Challenge Interview Overcomes the Basic Paradox of Traditional SAT/ACT Assessments

Retrieved on: 
Monday, March 4, 2024

These skills around work and study form the independent variables of academic and career success.

Key Points: 
  • These skills around work and study form the independent variables of academic and career success.
  • Using traditional achievement scores such as the ACT/SAT in college admissions presents another basic problem for schools seeking to enhance equality of opportunity: higher scores correlate most closely with higher family income.
  • Or 2) is the opposite true: that students who develop greater determination and skill at practice come from richer families?
  • The scoring phase of FocusRing requires students to listen to and learn from others as they perform their assigned evaluations.

Our nation must advance industries of the future or risk losing the race for the 21st century

Retrieved on: 
Friday, March 8, 2024

Today, the U.S. risks losing the race in global competitiveness, innovation and national security if we fail to double down in our commitment to accelerating technological innovation for a strong future.

Key Points: 
  • Today, the U.S. risks losing the race in global competitiveness, innovation and national security if we fail to double down in our commitment to accelerating technological innovation for a strong future.
  • It's also a once-in-a-generation workforce development opportunity for the nation's advanced industries to address their glaring needs for STEM and technician talent.
  • Of unfilled new positions, a sizeable portion are skilled technicians with two-year degrees and additional on-the-job "earn and learn" training such as apprenticeships.
  • If we don't leverage this landmark opportunity, we will lose the race for the 21st century.

January StandOut® Challenge Interview Levels College Admissions by Probing Directly for the Independent Variables of Academic and Career Success

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Peer review and evaluation requires each candidate to listen to, learn from and make judgments about what others are saying.

Key Points: 
  • Peer review and evaluation requires each candidate to listen to, learn from and make judgments about what others are saying.
  • These three top-scorers in January’s StandOut® Challenge Interview competition won the following scholarships:
    The February 2024 StandOut Challenge Interview competition is now underway.
  • CollegeNET is awarding a total of $200,000 in scholarships to students who plan to attend schools participating in the StandOut Admissions Network.
  • Schools wishing to join other institutions in the StandOut Admissions Network are welcome to contact CollegeNET .

New Free Cities Center Book: Reforms to Increase Affordability, Homebuilding Would Go Far to Alleviate State's Housing, Homeless Crises

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, January 31, 2024

"Homelessness is a social problem that's compounded by exorbitant housing prices," said the book's authors, Dr. Wayne Winegarden and Steven Greenhut.

Key Points: 
  • "Homelessness is a social problem that's compounded by exorbitant housing prices," said the book's authors, Dr. Wayne Winegarden and Steven Greenhut.
  • "Regions with lower-cost housing have much lower levels of homelessness because a lack of low-cost housing leaves those people on the economic margins with nowhere to go."
  • The law's maze of costly reports, multiple approvals, and potential for out-of-control lawsuits has become a major obstacle to homebuilding.
  • PRI's Free Cities Center cultivates innovative ideas to improve urban life based around freedom and property rights -- not government.

PGIM, UNCF Study Finds Private HBCU Endowments Need Investment Support

Retrieved on: 
Monday, January 29, 2024

Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240129943412/en/
    “ Investing in Change: A Call to Action for Strengthening Private HBCU Endowments ,” details the perspectives of endowment professionals from nearly one-third of all private HBCUs gathered through a comprehensive online survey.
  • Many private HBCUs (44%) are interested in pooling their endowments, which could provide shared resources and improved investment insights.
  • The PGIM and UNCF study is part of Prudential’s broader HBCU strategy to support HBCU leadership, faculty and students, aimed at increasing access and exposure to the financial services and investment management industries.
  • “This study and PGIM’s ongoing partnership with the HBCU community are an extension of our responsibility to support the next generation of investment leaders, so they can be competitive and thrive in our industry.”

Peer-Awarded December Scholarship Competition Affirms Breakthrough Power of FocusRing™ to Cull for the Independent Variables of Academic and Career Success

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, January 18, 2024

Pioneering Human Performance researcher at Florida State University, Dr. Anders Ericsson, recently stepped forward to clarify this myth.

Key Points: 
  • Pioneering Human Performance researcher at Florida State University, Dr. Anders Ericsson, recently stepped forward to clarify this myth.
  • The requirement for peer review and evaluation forces each candidate to listen to, learn from and make judgments about what others are saying.
  • These key academic and social engagement skills are neither exercised nor tested by traditional assessments such as the SAT or ACT.
  • CollegeNET will award a total of $200,000 in scholarships to winners attending schools who are participating in the StandOut Admissions Network.

AI AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY EXPECTED TO DRIVE GROWTH IN CONSULTING IN 2024 ACCORDING TO INDEPENDENT NEW SURVEY FROM THE MCA

Retrieved on: 
Monday, January 22, 2024

In the largest piece of research ever conducted by independent research firm Savanta Comres.

Key Points: 
  • In the largest piece of research ever conducted by independent research firm Savanta Comres.
  • The impact of AI features greatly in the results of the MCA Member Survey 2024.
  • Independent market research agency Savanta partnered with the MCA to collect and analyse member data for the 2024 report.
  • The UK consulting industry is amongst the best in the world and a vital part of the business landscape.