A campuswide meeting of CSU graduate faculty was held February 13th and newly appointed Dean of the College of Education and Health Professions Margie Yates reported that graduate student enrollment at CSU has risen by 8.9%, with fall semester enrollment rising from 1,478 graduate students in 2022 to 1,610 graduate students in 2023. Preliminary data also suggest that spring enrollment is up 5.6%, with 1,560 graduate students currently enrolled for spring 2024, compared to 1,477 during spring of 2023. In terms of spring student credit hour generation, graduate student enrollment is up 6.2% since last spring. Yates also described several efforts made by CSU to increase graduate student enrollment, including reducing graduate program requirements to 30 hours where possible, reducing tuition in some cases, offering credit for prior learning and more flexible course scheduling, and improving the relevancy of course offerings.
Officials in the Turner College's Butler Center for Research and Economic Development recently put the finishing touches on an extensive report on trends in educational programs and occupations in the Columbus area. The report also includes data on business and technology trends. According to Fady Mansour , Director of the Butler Center, there are several key takeaways from the report regarding 10 occupational gaps that currently exist in the Columbus area. First, software development occupation exhibits the biggest labor shortage, with the report adding that the TSYS School has a bachelor's degree program in information technology along with a new AI track for the bachelor's degree in computer science, both of which can qualify students for this occupation. Other educational programs are in demand, such as computer programming and cloud computing. Second, there is a gap of 30 employees per year in general and operations management. This gap could be addressed by the Turn...

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