Viewing by month: August 2012
Community Colleges Creating Brighter Futures for Dislocated Workers
The Walmart Brighter Futures Project engaged eight community colleges across the country in helping dislocated workers acquire 21st century job skills, obtain jobs that require those skills, and increase academic progression, retention, and completion rates for dislocated workers.
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Sense-Making: Finding the Stories That Computers Overlook in Workplace Data
Smart machines and computers may be able to perform routine workday tasks, but they can’t extract the deeper meaning from data that underlie organizational processes or understand their ethical, moral, and quality-of-life implications. Increased reliance on workplace automation is making the uniquely human process of sense-making more valuable.
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Lane’s Student Success Leadership Team: A Hybrid Organizational Mechanism for Implementing Ambitious Strategic Directions
Lane Community College’s Student Success Leadership Team is leading the college’s student success agenda forward while maintaining its commitment to learning and quality.
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