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Inspiring Action.  \nCreating Purposeful Partnerships  \nBUSINESS A ND HIGHE R E DUCAT ION WORK ING TOGET HE R TO BUIL D REGIONA LTAL E NT ECOSYST E MS FOR T HE DIGITAL ECONOMY  \nABOUT BHEF  \nThe Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) is the nation’s oldest membership organization of Fortune 500 CEOs, college and university presidents, and other leaders dedicated to the creation of a highly skilled future workforce. BHEF members collaborate and form strategic partnerships to build new undergraduate pathways; improve alignment between higher education and the workforce; and produce a diverse, highly skilled talent pool to meet demand in emerging fields.  \nACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  \nBHEF would like to thank all its subawardees, including the City University of New York, Miami Dade College, NORC at the University of Chicago, Northeastern University, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Washington University in St. Louis, for providing detailed information and insights about their work for BHEF’s National Science Foundation grant.  \nLead BHEF sta􀂋 members for this publication include Steve Barkanic, Janet Chen, Brian Fitzgerald, and Debbie Hughes.  \nThis work was funded by the National Science Foundation under Award DUE-1331063 .  \n01 Letter from the Business-Higher Education Forum: Join Us in Creating Solutions  \n03 Introduction  \n04 The Mismatch Between Postsecondary Education and Employer Needs  \n08 A Playbook for Purposeful Partnerships  \n20 BHEF-Led Case Examples  \n20 The University of Maryland, College Park: Cybersecurity  \n22 The City University of New York: Data Science and Analytics and Urban Sustainability  \n24 Miami Dade College: Data Science and Analytics  \n26 Northeastern University: IT and Cybersecurity  \n28 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Water Science  \n30 Washington University in St. Louis: Engineering  \n32 Insights  \n38 Call to Action  \n\n|  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| JOIN US\u003Cbr>IN CREATING SOLUTIONS | Creating Purposeful Partnerships o ers insights into business-led regional talent ecosystems that facilitate access, alignment, and development of a prepared workforce with the skills necessary for companies’ long-term success.\u003Cbr>􀀞e 􀀝ndings ofthis report serve as a playbook for CEOs and their executive teams for establishing purposeful and strategic partnerships with higher education leaders to meet the need for diverse digital-skills talent.\u003Cbr>􀀞is report builds upon the Business-Higher Education Forum’s (BHEF) work, supported by a 􀀝ve-year grant from the National Science Foundation, to develop, replicate, and evaluate a successful model for such partnerships between businesses and higher education institutions. 􀀞ese partnerships begin with industry and higher education working together to deeply understand, articulate, and translate the workforce needs of a particular region. 􀀞is level-setting activity, aided by a third-party facilitator (in this case, BHEF), creates the necessary foundation for developing partnerships that lead to new educational pathways, job credentials, and talent-acquisition strategies—and, ultimately, employees with the skills that companies need. 􀀞is report focuses on the deployment, development, and learning across the 􀀝ve sites supported through the NSF grant.\u003Cbr>BHEF is a nonpro􀀝t membership organization comprised of the nation’s leading business executives and university presidents. We use market intelligence to create business-higher education partnerships and innovative talent solutions in high-demand and emerging 􀀝elds. 􀀞ese partnerships and talent solutions create essential, impactful, and long-lasting student pathways that align higher education with the evolving needs of today’s workforce. BHEF members are leaders in developing strategic partnerships that transform higher education programs to meet the emerging talent demands of employers and increase the number and diversity of graduates with 21st-century skills.\u003Cbr>􀀞rough this report, BHEF is sharing ","cbCaikrYBtfRXRn9","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikrYBtfRXRn9","pdf",9080518,"English","# Letter from the Business-Higher Education Forum: Join Us in Creating Solutions\n# Introduction\n# The Mismatch Between Postsecondary Education and Employer Needs\n# A Playbook for Purposeful Partnerships\n# BHEF-Led Case Examples\n## The University of Maryland, College Park: Cybersecurity\n## The City University of New York: Data Science and Analytics and Urban Sustainability\n## Miami Dade College: Data Science and Analytics\n## Northeastern University: IT and Cybersecurity\n## University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Water Science\n## Washington University in St. Louis: Engineering\n# Insights\n# Call to Action","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) report?\",\"answer\":\"It provides insights and a playbook for business and higher-education leaders to build purposeful partnerships that align education with regional workforce needs in the digital economy.\"},{\"question\":\"How do BHEF-led business-higher education partnerships improve outcomes for employers and students?\",\"answer\":\"They help parties deeply understand and translate workforce needs into new educational pathways, job credentials, and talent-acquisition strategies that support long-term business success and diverse student progress.\"},{\"question\":\"Which areas and sites does the report cover under the NSF-supported work?\",\"answer\":\"It focuses on deployment, development, and learning across five sites supported through an NSF grant, including cybersecurity, data science and analytics, IT and cybersecurity, water science, and engineering.\"}]","BUSINESS-HIGHER EDUCATION FORUM - CREATING PURPOSEFUL PARTNERSHIPS | PDF",1792043397,101]