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Articles

  • Addressing the Cyber Skills Gap: Retention & Recruitment Secrets from Higher Education

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    Institutions are working to ensure the retention and recruitment of top cyber talent by continually investing in professional development, fostering collaborative work environments, and equipping teams with the latest tools available to protect and defend against threats.

  • Student Readiness: Learning to Learn

    Melissa Loble, Instructure's chief academic officer, recommends a focus on 'readiness' as a broader concept as we try to understand how to build meaningful education experiences that can form a bridge from the university to the workplace. Here, we ask Loble what readiness is and how to offer students the ability to 'learn to learn'.

  • Preparing Workplace-Ready Graduates in the Age of AI

    Artificial intelligence is transforming workplaces and emerging as an essential tool for employees across industries. The dilemma: Universities must ensure graduates are prepared to use AI in their daily lives without diluting the interpersonal, problem-solving, and decision-making skills that businesses rely on.

  • 87% of Gen Z Workers Feel Unprepared to Succeed in the Workforce

    A new survey from Instructure explores how prepared people feel to navigate today's workforce, utilize digital tools, and adapt to change.


Podcasts

  • Educating the Next Generation in AI

    What skills will students need for the workforce of the future in an age dominated by artificial intelligence? In addition to basic computer science, data competencies, and the mathematics and statistics behind AI and machine learning, there are a range of social impacts to consider: AI risk, ethics, privacy, questions of bias, etc. We spoke with Dakota State University President José-Marie Griffiths about how her institution is preparing students for careers in AI.

  • A Security Operations Center Powered by Students

    The University of South Carolina Aiken recently found a creative way to staff a new security operations center — and give students hands-on cybersecurity training at the same time. We spoke with Ernest Pringle, vice chancellor for IT and CIO at USC Aiken, about creating a student-led SOC, helping students put cybersecurity theory into practice, forging regional cybersecurity partnerships, and more.