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The rural workforce is changing. Colleges are scrambling to keep up. 

Across America, rural workforces have been stretched beyond recognition in the wake of the pandemic. The sudden move toward telework has shifted housing and labor markets, creating a crisis of affordability for long-time residents plus a growing demand for hands-on labor in health care, construction and other fields. Amid rapid change, colleges are struggling to adapt fast enough to meet their communities’ needs.

Schools are hiring more teachers than ever. So why aren’t there enough of them?

The number of teacher job openings has surged, but the supply of prospective educators hasn’t changed. Stagnant wages are a big reason.

As higher education faces an enrollment cliff, UM sets its sights on fewer programs. Does it have to happen? How about a French sister city with Missoula?

“I think it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy,” Saha said. “When you don’t replace faculty, you see declining enrollment.”

Livestock industry co-opts academics to downplay its climate impact, study says

Academic centers at UC Davis and Colorado State University have accepted big donations from the livestock industry, according to a new study of the industry’s influence on climate research and policy.

Class: Social Media Posting for Small Business – 4/16 – Missoula

Wonder if your time spent posting is efficient and effective? In this course, you will learn:
✅ the seven layers of an excellent post
✅ examples of each layer
✅ a strategy to optimize the time you spend posting to your business feeds

Class: Social Media Posting for Small Business – 3/21 – Missoula

Wonder if your time spent posting is efficient and effective? In this course, you will learn:
✅ the seven layers of an excellent post
✅ examples of each layer
✅ a strategy to optimize the time you spend posting to your business feeds

The Khan Academy – AI for education – How will AI shape the future of education?

Let Khan Academy and our partners—including Code.org, Common Sense Education, aiEDU, and Professors Ethan and Lilach Mollick—be your trusted partners as we navigate this exciting learning journey together! What is generative AI and how does it work? What are some best practices for teaching and learning with generative AI? This course-in-progress answers those questions and many more. Welcome!

K-12 isn’t enough. It’s time for free pre-K to 14.

Movements to guarantee that women and people of color could access public education greatly benefited our democracy. Now it’s time to expand the amount of instruction available for free.

Montana’s public virtual school releases guidebook to help educators incorporate AI

As educators grapple with the proliferation of artificial intelligence and the ways it’s changing how students learn, the guide tries to help them leverage the potential benefits of the technology while also safeguarding against some of the risks it brings.

Slow Down to Fall in Love Again

“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”
~ Winnie the Pooh