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March 3, 2022
Amazon Taps Adult-Serving Non-Profit National University to Help Upskill U.S. Employees
National University selected as a national education provider for Amazon’s Career Choice program, making tuition-free education available to Amazon’s 750,000 hourly employees SAN DIEGO (March 3, 2022) – National University (NU), the flagship institution of the National University System, which comprises three universities serving more than 45,000 students, has been selected by Amazon to serve ...
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March 2, 2022
Helping Student Veterans Access and Complete College Can Change the Odds for Generations
By Iyana Cones As published in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education My great-grandfather Lloyd Newton Ellis Sr. made himself into an American success story. He served his nation honorably for 30 years — through three wars — in the U.S. Navy. He started out in World War II as a stewardsman, one of the few ...
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February 15, 2022
National University Teacher Award selects Knoxville educator Melody Hawkins as nation’s top inspiring teacher
National University Teacher Award selects Knoxville educator Melody Hawkins as nation’s top inspiring teacher Hawkins will receive a $50,000 cash prize and full scholarship to get her doctorate at National University. SAN DIEGO—Feb. 15, 2022— In recognition of inspirational teaching nationwide, Melody Hawkins has been named National University’s Teacher of the Year. Ms. Hawkins, who ...
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February 9, 2022
National University’s Social and Emotional Harmony Program Partners with Special Olympics to Mentor Youth Leaders
San Diego, California – February 9, 2022 – Harmony SEL and Inspire Teaching & Learning, affiliate programs of the National University System, have partnered on an initiative to develop youth leadership with Special Olympics Incorporated (SOI). SOI is the global movement that unleashes the human spirit through the transformative power of inclusion through sport, leadership ...
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January 7, 2022
Is Public Health a Good Career?
Are you passionate about advancing equality by making healthcare more accessible to underserved communities? Do you love collaborating with others and working on teams? Is it important to you to be a part of an exciting, dynamic industry with strong employment prospects and a bright economic outlook? Can you envision yourself directing a medical organization, ...
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January 6, 2022
Community college transfer is broken. How do we fix it?
As published in Community College Daily Community college transfer has long been viewed as one of the best tools for improving postsecondary attainment in the United States. But despite its potential, the promise of transfer articulation remains largely unfulfilled — and increasingly threatened by the financial and economic fallout of the pandemic. Recent data on ...
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January 6, 2022
The Need for Public Health Professionals in a Post COVID-19 World
The COVID-19 pandemic has starkly illustrated the importance of the public health field. It has also illustrated the turbulence of the job market, resulting in record 14.8 percent unemployment — the highest level recorded since 1948 — according to a report by the Congressional Research Service. Other data indicates that U.S. job listings may have ...
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December 29, 2021
How COVID is Helping Higher Ed Find Technology’s Goldilocks Scenario
By Dr. Gangaram Singh and Dr. Tyra Gross As published in Fierce Education Over the past twenty months, higher education faculty and students have gotten used to the ubiquitous nature of technology in learning. Now, colleges and universities begin the slow return to a new normal as they face a more complicated question of when ...
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December 17, 2021
Do You Need to Have a Teaching Degree to Teach in California?
The state of California has established some of the nation’s strictest eligibility requirements for teachers, helping ensure that educators are thoroughly qualified for their work. If you’re thinking about becoming a teacher in California, you’ll need to meet state standards for education and credentialing, which may be different from the rules that apply in your ...
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December 16, 2021
5 Master’s Degrees for a Career in Business
According to projections by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the business and financial sector has a strong economic future ahead. The BLS expects job growth of 5 percent in business- and finance-related fields for 2019 through 2029, outpacing the national average rate of 4 percent. Professionals in these fields also earn above-average salaries, with a ...
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December 14, 2021
Skills, Abilities, and Personality Traits of a Good Behavior Therapist
Behavioral therapy, or behavior therapy, is a branch of therapy that focuses on teaching individuals to modify harmful, antisocial, or maladaptive behaviors and replace them with positive behaviors, with the ultimate goal of helping the patient navigate life with a greater degree of success and independence. For example, a behavior therapist might work with a ...
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December 10, 2021
Can You Become a Teacher with a Sociology Degree?
You majored in sociology as an undergraduate, but now, you’re beginning to find yourself drawn toward a career in education. Maybe you’ve been wondering: is it too late for you to switch careers? Can you teach elementary, middle, or high school with a sociology degree in California? If so, are you limited to teaching sociology ...
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December 9, 2021
Soft and Hard Skills for Leading Healthcare Administrators
The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) ranks healthcare administration as one of the top 20 fastest growing industries for the coming decade, projecting explosive growth — and with it, impressive earning potential — that makes this field attractive to students who are passionate about improving healthcare outcomes for patients. However, in order to ...
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December 8, 2021
The Role of Health Administrators and How to Become One
The healthcare administration industry is growing at an explosive rate, with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projecting “much faster than average” job growth of 32 percent for medical and health services managers from 2019 through 2029. However, considering that the “average” national growth rate is currently four percent, the phrase “much faster than ...
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December 3, 2021
Classroom Techniques and Strategies You'll Learn in an Applied Behavior Management Program
Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is a widely-practiced type of therapy that has shown efficacy in alleviating or treating a wide range of disorders, including but not limited to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a topic we explored in a previous article which you can view here. By ...
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December 2, 2021
Challenges of Distance Learning for Teachers
The popularity of virtual education has soared in response to the coronavirus crisis, leaving some to wonder whether the e-learning industry will continue to retain its relevance as the pandemic comes under control. However, if recent data is any indication, the answer is a clear and confident yes. According to a report from PR Newswire, ...
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November 30, 2021
Hybrid skills are ascendant in the post-pandemic talent economy
We now face a tight labor market with fewer resources to pull from when it comes to human capital. As published in Chief Learning Officer In the United States right now, there are more than 10 million jobs for the fewer than 8.4 million workers who are unemployed, according to a September 2021 report from ...
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November 22, 2021
Q&A with Dr. Thomas Stewart: How One Adult-Serving University Leader Tackles DE&I Through Lived Experience—and A Board Level Commitment
As published in Forbes Growing up as a young man in Washington, D.C., Tom Stewart was separated from his parents, spent time in foster care and joined the military to escape his troubled community. But military service and higher education helped him transcend the cycle of poverty and build a better life. Today, as a ...
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