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6 Successful Strategies for Aligning Higher Education Programs, Curricula, and Lab Experiences with Workforce Needs
6 Successful Strategies for Aligning Higher Education Programs, Curricula, and Lab Experiences with Workforce Needs
Pages 55-62
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Foundation,1 vice president of education visioning for AHIMA, and a representative from the National Network of Business and Industry Associations; Sanjay Rai, senior vice president of academic affairs at Montgomery College; and Christine Ortiz, dean for graduate education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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This new focus on training beyond disciplinary boundaries has translated into a demand for personalized education with flexible degree programs at the undergraduate level, said Ortiz, which includes an increasing emphasis on massive open online courses (MOOCs) , such as those offered on the Open edX platform.
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A third area of opportunity comes from the significant advances in understanding the mechanisms of transformative research and creative thought using bibliometrics, case studies, and related methods. The goal, said Ortiz, is to develop curricula using the mechanisms of convergent and divergent thinking, creative effective skills, and self-evaluation to overcome what has been termed cognitive entrenchment.
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For the cybersecurity industry in Maryland and Northern Virginia, which Rai said currently has 30,000 posted positions (Restuccia, 2015) , Montgomery College developed a 2-year cybersecurity program for novices in the field and a shorter cyber advantage program for current information technology workers who are seeking new opportunities.
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Department of Commerce grant to develop a global curriculum for 2-year, 4-year, and graduate programs in those areas, and the association will be sending staff to India, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Brazil to conduct faculty training in health information technology in the coming months. "My role in academics colors the way I look at competency and skills-based education and the absolute need for academic programs to work with industry," said Rudman.
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The AHIMA Foundation, he explained, is developing a national apprenticeship program as part of a 5-year grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to address the reality that health information technology errors can kill people.
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MIT has also established a program, Common Values on the Graduate Student Experience, that generated a list of 11 best practices for graduate student mentoring and advising that are now part of MIT's official policy for advising and mentoring. Ortiz noted that 18 percent of new graduate students at MIT are now members of underrepresented minorities, up from 9 percent 5 years ago, and it has disseminated data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System to all departments so they can target recruitment efforts on women and minority students.
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He said 40 percent of the health information management workforce is virtual or outsourced, and as a result, the AHIMA Foundation chose to include virtual mentoring and virtual training as part of its apprenticeships.
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