CSUCI partnering with manufacturing industry
By Marissa Nall / Friday, January 8th, 2016 / Higher Education, Latest news, middle, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on CSUCI partnering with manufacturing industry
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New UC venture fund to pump $250M into spinoffs
By Tony Biasotti / Friday, January 1st, 2016 / Columns, Higher Education, Latest news, South Coast / Comments Off on New UC venture fund to pump $250M into spinoffs
There certainly is no shortage of money available for startup companies — total venture investments in 2014 were more than $57 billion, according to Dow Jones VentureSource, and there are signs 2015 could top that by billions. There hasn’t been this much cash flowing, particularly in the tech sector, since the late 1990s dot-com boom. Read More →
Cal Poly SLO offers new master’s degree in business analytics
By Marissa Nall / Friday, December 18th, 2015 / Central Coast, Higher Education, Latest news, middle, Top Stories / Comments Off on Cal Poly SLO offers new master’s degree in business analytics
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Tri-county accounting graduates in demand
By Tony Biasotti / Friday, December 4th, 2015 / Central Coast, Columns, Higher Education, Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Tri-county accounting graduates in demand
Universities aren’t always great at adapting to the workforce needs of today and tomorrow. Journalism schools across the land, for example, still churn out thousands of graduates every year — bright-eyed, but unable to find jobs, and soon forced to move back in with mom and start freelancing. But at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Read More →
UCSB strives to spur more manufacturing
By Philip Joens / Friday, November 27th, 2015 / Higher Education, Latest news, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on UCSB strives to spur more manufacturing
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Cal Poly, CSU Channel Islands faculty OK strike
By Tony Biasotti / Friday, November 6th, 2015 / Columns, Higher Education, Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Cal Poly, CSU Channel Islands faculty OK strike
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Dubroff: Education revolution necessary for students to compete
By Henry Dubroff / Friday, October 23rd, 2015 / Columns, Higher Education / Comments Off on Dubroff: Education revolution necessary for students to compete
Lynda Weinman is on a mission to put some STEAM into STEM. Along the way, she’d like to overhaul the way we think about education. In an impassioned talk to 300 community leaders at a Girls Inc. lunch on Oct. 15, Weinman, the founder of Lynda.com, said she wasn’t buying into what she called the Read More →