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UNO leaders pitch skill-based economy and workforce partnerships at regents meeting
Summary
University of Nebraska Omaha leaders showcased the new STEM Trail Center and a suite of workforce-focused initiatives — Career Connect internships, microcredentials, AI learning lab and cooperative education pilots — as part of a strategy to prepare students for a skill-based economy.
University of Nebraska Omaha officials briefed the Board of Regents on April 11 about the campus’s new STEM Trail Center and a suite of workforce and credentialing initiatives they say target employer needs and adult learners.
Dr. Chris Moore, professor of physics and director of the STEM Trail Center, described the center’s classroom models and said the facility served nearly 2,000 UNO undergraduates this academic year and had “direct impacts” on about 16,000 young people through summer camps and planetarium programming. Moore said center research shows that a one-week summer camp for third- through tenth-graders produced a 15% increase in…
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