{"id":1355,"date":"2020-03-05T17:41:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T17:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/?post_type=nshe_news&#038;p=1355"},"modified":"2023-02-21T17:20:35","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T17:20:35","slug":"nshe-strategic-goal-workforce-development","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/news\/2020\/03\/nshe-strategic-goal-workforce-development\/","title":{"rendered":"NSHE Strategic Goal: Workforce Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Due to the remarkable growth and transformation of Nevada\u2019s economy in recent years, the Silver State is facing immediate and long-term challenges in meeting the employment demands of business and industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) Board of Regents on Thursday reviewed its Workforce Development Education strategies and the next steps necessary to meet the <a href=\"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/file\/BoardOfRegents\/Agendas\/2020\/03-mar-mtgs\/bor-refs\/BOR-30b.pdf\">job needs of Nevada\u2019s flourishing economy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWorkforce development is one of our key strategic goals as a state-wide public higher education system,\u201d said Chancellor Thom Reilly. \u201cA coordinated, system-level effort is essential to achieving the important goals of providing the skilled workforce Nevada\u2019s business and industry leaders demand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regents\u2019 Chair Jason Geddes added that a clear and focused <a href=\"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/file\/BoardOfRegents\/Agendas\/2020\/03-mar-mtgs\/bor-refs\/BOR-30c.pdf\">workforce development strategy<\/a> is imperative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLicensed professionals, such as teachers and nurses, are in high demand now, and that demand will only grow over time as Nevada\u2019s population increase,\u201d Geddes said. \u201cWe must be diligent in our plans to address the immediate and the long-term workforce development education needs of the state.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[34,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1355","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-34","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}