Inside Higher Ed – Ashley A. Smith
“Colleges can bridge the “middle skills” career gap by offering more courses focused on digital skills, a new report suggests. Those careers in the middle require a high school diploma, but not a bachelor’s degree. In 2012, 54 percent of all U.S. jobs were middle skill, according to an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics by the National Skills Coalition…The report also found digitally intensive jobs have grown two and a half times faster than have jobs that do not require digital skills. Those occupations that require digital skills pay 18 percent more than those jobs that do not…community colleges could fill that void by making sure their students have all the skills — including technology skills — needed for those careers.”(more)