November 2021

This Month’s Q & A: November 2021

Nitin Agarwal, Ph.D., Maulden-Entergy Chair and Distinguished Professor of Information Science, Director, Collaboratorium for Social Media and Online Behavioral Studies (COSMOS), University of Arkansas at Little Rock WHEN DID SOCIAL media become anti-social media? And how? And why? For insights into the phenomenon that increasingly shapes what passes as “the public discourse” these days, we […]

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Director’s Chair: November 2021

LAST WEEK WAS National Apprenticeship Week. Each year in November the Department of Labor raises the awareness of the value of Registered Apprenticeship as a valuable workforce development alternative. Here in Arkansas, there were more than 30 events statewide—employer forums in a number of industry sectors, apprenticeship signings, cohort kickoffs, daily webinars featuring Day-in-the-Life profiles

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The WBL Chronicles: November 2021

A FEEL-GOOD, FEEL-BAD, FEEL-GREAT STORY Who says the tech world doesn’t have heart? Kristen Shryock Work-Based Learning Manager and Senior Talent Recruiter, ACDS IT’S ALL ABOUT the attitude. The nuts and bolts of being a recruiter of talent can be eye-glazingly tedious if you let it—all those resumes washing across the desk! Or it can

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