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How much more is an advanced degree worth?
The premium earned by Americans with advanced degrees (Guy Berger, Ph.D.) – How much more does an advanced degree pay out? It’s the lowest premium since 2000.
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Funding for startups, from robotics to refugees
Low-Wage Workers as Percent of the Workforce, by State (Visual Capitalist) – For the past 15 years, the federal minimum wage has remained unchanged, with its real value now at its lowest point in 67 years.
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Grants for cybersecurity, workplace safety & more
Hundreds of millions in new funding opportunities for skills training have been announced in recent days.
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Mary Meeker’s Prompt to Higher Ed
Mary Meeker, famous for her annual Internet Trends reports, has published a new report calling for the tech industry, government, and higher education to work together to advance AI during an inflection point “of epic proportions.”
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The AI-enhanced campus of the future & more
Join leading from UTSA, NJIT and UC Santa Barbara for a live brainstorming and think tank-style session, to discuss the AI-enhanced campus of the future.
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Financial Services industry braces for AI impact
Burning Glass looked at major employers and ranks them by % share of payroll working in occupations likely to be disrupted by AI. The results are eye-opening, especially for the Financial Services industry.
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Offering every citizen decent work and economic opportunity
To achieve decent work and economic growth, we must implement policies that promote equitable income distribution. These are some organizations making contributions to decent work and economic growth.
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Ensuring quality education for all global citizens
To achieve quality education for all, we need to prepare individuals for a rapidly changing world. These are some organizations making contributions to quality education.
Best Practices
How To Create Customer Personas
To develop the fictional representation of your ideal customer known as a customer persona, we start by gathering data from existing customers (referencing the questions above). This can be augmented with market research to provide more context on the people and organizations that are most affected by the social problem.
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Recent insights on the skill gap in cybersecurity
We can open the funnel of available candidates for these important jobs – while creating more economic opportunity for individuals who do not have the option to pursue a traditional four-year degree.