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Digital Onboarding Comes To Higher Education

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Higher education is not immune from pandenomics, and is undergoing its own reset as institutions of higher learning synthesize new market conditions. A number of these steps were traditionally done on campus or through paper documentation, such as disbursing refunds for housing costs or financial aid with physical checks,” the Tracker notes.

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Advancing Retail And Education With Digital Technology 

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And in education, Google and Apple are facilitating students’ return to class with the help of technology. 140M: Number of students and teachers using G Suite for Education to stay connected during the pandemic. 7.3K: Minimum number of Circle K stores in operation in the U.S. All this, Today in Data.

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Beyond the numbers: What teaching shortages look like in practice

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In a recent report , we reviewed the size and scope of the national teacher shortage using data from a wide range of public and private sources, including the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the National Center for Education Statistics, the RAND Corporation, and others.

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Moving beyond fake education debates to focus on student success: Time to deal with lagging teacher pay, shortages, and rising stress among students and teachers

CFO News Room

There are a great deal of systemic issues plaguing the public education system today that require systemic solutions. That was the consensus among a recent gathering of parent and educator experts, focused on what matters most for student success this school year and into the future. What can be done?

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Goodhart’s Law Explains School Decay

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Everywhere in education, you see incentives at work. The incentives, though, are so far removed from the actual goals of education that they produce perverse results. . We observe this again and again in education. Goodhart’s Law is usually stated, “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.”

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The Importance of Continuing Education for Accountants

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As a professional accountant, you understand your job is more than just crunching numbers. Continuing education is vital for accountants; we’ll explain why in this article. Continuing Education: A Must for Accountants Continuing education refers to learning after a professional has completed their initial education and training.

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Framing, Context, Asking (not answering) Questions

Barry Ritholtz

JVL wrote, “The course exists for only two purposes: (1) to cull the number of attractive medical school applicants, and (2) to prepare a handful of students for a future in biochemical research.”. ~~~. Since this story is ostensibly about education, let’s briefly digress to an unfortunate side effect of modern American education.

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