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Business-Higher Education Forum, 2021
In 2018, BHEF and the Business Roundtable joined forces to create the Workforce Partnership Initiative (WPI). The initiative invited Business Roundtable CEOs to form multi-company partnerships and connect with leaders of postsecondary institutions to meet regional workforce needs. Dozens of CEOs responded, and the JPMorgan Chase Foundation awarded…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, School Business Relationship, Postsecondary Education, Labor Force Development
Business-Higher Education Forum, 2018
Through the collaboration of its members, the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) launched the National Higher Education and Workforce Initiative (HEWI) to support business-higher education partnerships that co-design community college and university pathways to careers in fields critical to innovation and national security, as well as maximize…
Descriptors: Colleges, School Business Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Community Colleges
Business-Higher Education Forum, 2017
Through the collaboration of its business and academic partners, the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) launched the National Higher Education and Workforce Initiative (HEWI) to support business-higher education partnerships that co-design innovative community college and university pathways to careers, as well as maximize work-based learning…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Leadership Training, Talent Development, Regional Planning
Business-Higher Education Forum, 2016
This case study examines how Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) member Drake University, a private university with a strong liberal arts tradition, is equipping its students to become data-enabled professionals. Through the collaboration of its business and higher education members, BHEF launched the National Higher Education and Workforce…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Universities, Liberal Arts, Undergraduate Students
Business-Higher Education Forum, 2016
This case study examines how Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) member Case Western Reserve University is integrating T-shaped skills into a minor in applied data science. Through the collaboration of its business and higher education members, BHEF launched the National Higher Education and Workforce Initiative to create new undergraduate…
Descriptors: School Business Relationship, Higher Education, Undergraduate Study, Job Skills
Business-Higher Education Forum, 2014
The Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) has achieved particular success in operationalizing the National Higher Education and Workforce Initiative (HEWI) in Maryland around cybersecurity. Leveraging its membership of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and government agency leaders, BHEF partnered with the University System of Maryland to…
Descriptors: Internet, Computer Security, Corporations, College Presidents
Nielsen, Natalie; McCarthy, Kirstin – Business-Higher Education Forum (NJ1), 2009
Business-Higher Education Forum's study of the Seamless Education Partnership began with a theory of action for cross-sector efforts to increase alignment from Pre-K through graduate school (P-20) and improve educational outcomes. BHEF's theory of action posits that community leaders coalesce around a shared vision that is shaped by local context…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Alignment (Education)
Business-Higher Education Forum (NJ1), 2008
Although private philanthropic dollars in education make up just a fraction of overall education financial support, strategically targeted corporate philanthropic resources can serve as a vital catalyst for positive, lasting, and high-impact change in public education. Recognizing this, the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) and the Harvard…
Descriptors: Private Financial Support, Change Agents, Educational Change, Philanthropic Foundations