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Five Early Insights from BHEF’s Inaugural Faculty Innovation Fellowship
Posted August 16, 2024
Earlier this year, BHEF launched its first-ever Faculty Innovation Fellowship. The fellowship brings together a curated network of faculty members – nominated by the presidents, chancellors, or deans of BHEF-member institutions and strategic partners – to launch or enhance new or innovative employer-aligned concepts on their campus as capstone projects.
Higher Education as the Partner of Choice to Employers for Upskilling and Reskilling – Strategies that Work
Posted July 15, 2024
The time is ripe for business to partner with higher education on models for upskilling and reskilling. Higher education can demonstrate its value in developing upskilling initiatives in partnership with business in three compelling ways.
Green Jobs of the Future: Cultivating the Next Generation of Green Talent
Posted June 14, 2024
This roundtable session focused on “Green Jobs of the Future.” Buoyed by hundreds of billions of federal investments, corporate strategies focused on sustainability, green jobs, and green skills are among the fastest growing in the economy. The discussion centered on how we can address skills needs and cultivate the next generation of green talent.
Blending Working and Learning: What Works to Close the Skills Gap
Posted May 30, 2024
In a competitive and fast changing global economy, we must build for relevance and impact by aligning education with business and industry needs. So what have decades of experience bridging the working and learning gap taught us about the key, replicable ingredients for success?
The New Green Jobs Coalition: How Business and Higher Education Must Work Together to Meet the Moment
Posted April 16, 2024
The term “green skills” isn’t a new one. But its presence as a driver for policy, workforce investment, job demand, and higher education alignment is roaring back.
What’s Next for AI and Digital Skills in the Workforce
Posted March 12, 2024
The Business-Higher Education Forum convened education and business leaders at Miami Dade College in March 2024 to distill the latest insights on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the workforce and to share and develop proactive and collaborative strategies to address worker and learner needs.