06/29/2026
Understanding the job market in your chosen field can help you strategize how to navigate your path to success despite less-than-optimum job prospects.
The Job Market for Recent College Grads in 5 Charts
An economist helped us cut through the noise to capture a clear, nuanced picture of what the labor market for new graduates really looks like right now.
06/25/2026
DID YOU KNOW? A microcredential validates a specific, narrowly defined skill or competency. It is typically delivered as a short program and issued as a digital, verifiable artifact. A traditional certificate is broader and longer, often spanning several courses within a topic area, and has historically been delivered as a paper certificate or a PDF. Microcredentials are the smallest unit of meaningful learning your institution can certify, while certificates are bundles of related learning that go deeper into a domain. The lines blur because certificates can include microcredentials, and microcredentials can stack into certificates. (Source: https://resources.moderncampus.com/media/microcredentials-vs-certificates-what-universities-need-to-know?1782400597700 )
Microcredentials vs Certificates: What Universities Need to Know
Microcredentials vs certificates explained. Learn key differences, workforce alignment and how universities can build stackable credential pathways.
05/22/2026
As the UWM TRIO Student Support Services director, I was privileged to es**rt and hood Army Captain Jalen Carney, Ph.D., at last Sunday's UW Milwaukee graduation. While working to earn his doctorate, Jalen was my Graduate Program Assistant and had been a TRIO McNair Scholar. So proud!
04/27/2026
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Federal TRIO Programs are under unprecedented threat, and now is the time for every TRIO supporter to act. TRIO has opened doors for generations of first-generation students, students from limited-income backgrounds, veterans, adult learners, and students with disabilities—providing the academic s...