Suite à des travaux engagés par le ministère du Travail avec les réseaux de IAE, les OPCA et Pôle emploi, un accord national a été signé le 28 mai 2018 en présence de Muriel Pénicaud, ministre du Travail.
Reprenant l’une des recommandations du rapport Borello, Muriel Pénicaud a souhaité que le Plan d’investissement dans les compétences soit mobilisé pour la formation des salariés de l’Insertion par l'Activité Economique. Une enveloppe de 200 M€ pour l’ensemble de la période 2018-2022, dont 20 M€ pour l’année 2018, est prévue à cet effet. Plus...
Legislature needs to deliver for higher ed
In order for Minnesota's higher education system to meet the changing needs of employers and students, we urge the State Legislature to approve funding requests from Minnesota State colleges and universities for infrastructure, technology and operations. More...
Augustana College plans to fight the 'brain drain' in the Quad Cities
Graduation is around the corner and many Augustana College students will leave the Quad Cities to pursue their careers, which is called a "brain drain." More...
Miami Dade College, Cyberbit announce new cyber range training facility
Miami Dade College (MDC), the institution of higher education with the largest undergraduate enrollment in the United States, and Cyberbit Ltd., a world leading provider of cybersecurity simulation and IT/OT detection and response platforms, have collaborated to open the MDC Cyber Range training facility, a hands-on cybersecurity training center that will provide simulation training for cybersecurity professionals in protecting national assets and infrastructure against cyberattacks. More...
A small college’s endowment manager beat Harvard with index funds
From his home office in Charlotte, one of the most successful investors in higher education plies his trade in blissful obscurity. Bill Abt employs no stable of hotshot bond traders. More...
How ‘China’s MIT’ Tsinghua University drives the country’s tech ambitions
A group of alumni invested 5 million yuan (US$780,000) in his start-up “without hesitation”, which allowed him to continue to pursue research and development, according to Li Zhu, head of the 3,000-member Tsinghua Alumni TMT Association. More...
After Native American bias incident, college says those against diversity can go ‘elsewhere’
Two suspicious young men joined a Colorado university’s campus tour to which they did not belong, a woman told a 911 dispatcher. They refused to say their names, she said, and one of them started to laugh when she asked what they wanted to study. More...
College of North Atlantic to lay off 14 faculty at rural N.L. campuses
The College of the North Atlantic announced Monday that 14 full-time permanent faculty will be laid off and six contractual faculty will not be renewed, following the completion of its annual academic review of programs. More...
Softdocs grows, expands partnerships
Softdocs, the sole education-focused document management, e-forms and workflow provider, today announced its continued expansion through the higher education and K-12 markets in the first quarter of 2018, including new customers as well as growing existing customer implementations and partnerships. More...
Md. gov. to sign bill offering free community college to many
Gov. Larry Hogan is scheduled to sign more than 200 bills Tuesday morning in Annapolis — including legislation to offer tuition-free community college to thousands of Maryland residents. More...