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contents Workforce: North Dakota Student Exchange Programs Employment Projections Higher Education Veterinary Medicine Physical Therapy Nursing Education Occupational Therapy Labor Force Development Labor Needs Professional Education Access to Education Role of Education Architecture Undergraduate Study Graduate Study Pharmaceutical Education Allied Health Personnel Public Health Medical Education Teacher Education Business Education Computer Science Education Business Administration Education Engineering Education Dentistry Librarians Between 2002 and 2012, the rate of job growth in North Dakota will be modest: under 1 percent annually. However, a large number of positions-close to a quarter of all jobs in the state-will open up for hiring due to retirements and separations. In addition, the demand for well-educated employees will only increase over the next several years. In the decade leading up to 2012, healthcare occupations will see growth of 14 percent. Educators will be in demand: some 7,000 new teachers, librarians, and trainers will need to be hired. Computer-related professions will see their ranks swell by 25 percent. The growth of these sectors is good news for North Dakota's citizens, since wages for jobs in these areas are significantly higher than the average for North Dakota in general. The problem for North Dakota and other Western states is how, in this time of tight budgets, to meet the increasing demands on higher education, thereby meeting the needs of an increasingly sophisticated economy. The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) was launched specifically to address the shortage of workforce-training opportunities in medicine, dentistry, and other professional fields. WICHE offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional options that help the West's states educate and train their citizens, by promoting innovation, cooperation, resource sharing, and sound public policy among states and institutions. Described in this publication are 3 student exchange programs available to North Dakota students: (1) Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE), which allows students to enroll in out-of-state institutions at a reduced tuition level; (2) The Professional Student Exchange Program (PSEP) offers students opportunities to train outside of their home state in 14 highly competitive fields: architecture, dentistry, graduate library studies, medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, optometry, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy, physician assistant, podiatry, public health, and veterinary medicine; and (3) North Dakota students also participate in the Western Regional Graduate Program (WRGP), which offers them the chance to engage in graduate studies and includes 175 distinctive programs in 14 states, such as education, nursing, and business. (Contains 2 tables.)
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spellingShingle Workforce: North Dakota
Student Exchange Programs
Employment Projections
Higher Education
Veterinary Medicine
Physical Therapy
Nursing Education
Occupational Therapy
Labor Force Development
Labor Needs
Professional Education
Access to Education
Role of Education
Architecture
Undergraduate Study
Graduate Study
Pharmaceutical Education
Allied Health Personnel
Public Health
Medical Education
Teacher Education
Business Education
Computer Science Education
Business Administration Education
Engineering Education
Dentistry
Librarians
Workforce: North Dakota Student Exchange Programs Employment Projections Higher Education Veterinary Medicine Physical Therapy Nursing Education Occupational Therapy Labor Force Development Labor Needs Professional Education Access to Education Role of Education Architecture Undergraduate Study Graduate Study Pharmaceutical Education Allied Health Personnel Public Health Medical Education Teacher Education Business Education Computer Science Education Business Administration Education Engineering Education Dentistry Librarians Between 2002 and 2012, the rate of job growth in North Dakota will be modest: under 1 percent annually. However, a large number of positions-close to a quarter of all jobs in the state-will open up for hiring due to retirements and separations. In addition, the demand for well-educated employees will only increase over the next several years. In the decade leading up to 2012, healthcare occupations will see growth of 14 percent. Educators will be in demand: some 7,000 new teachers, librarians, and trainers will need to be hired. Computer-related professions will see their ranks swell by 25 percent. The growth of these sectors is good news for North Dakota's citizens, since wages for jobs in these areas are significantly higher than the average for North Dakota in general. The problem for North Dakota and other Western states is how, in this time of tight budgets, to meet the increasing demands on higher education, thereby meeting the needs of an increasingly sophisticated economy. The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) was launched specifically to address the shortage of workforce-training opportunities in medicine, dentistry, and other professional fields. WICHE offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional options that help the West's states educate and train their citizens, by promoting innovation, cooperation, resource sharing, and sound public policy among states and institutions. Described in this publication are 3 student exchange programs available to North Dakota students: (1) Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE), which allows students to enroll in out-of-state institutions at a reduced tuition level; (2) The Professional Student Exchange Program (PSEP) offers students opportunities to train outside of their home state in 14 highly competitive fields: architecture, dentistry, graduate library studies, medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, optometry, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy, physician assistant, podiatry, public health, and veterinary medicine; and (3) North Dakota students also participate in the Western Regional Graduate Program (WRGP), which offers them the chance to engage in graduate studies and includes 175 distinctive programs in 14 states, such as education, nursing, and business. (Contains 2 tables.)
title Workforce: North Dakota
topic Student Exchange Programs
Employment Projections
Higher Education
Veterinary Medicine
Physical Therapy
Nursing Education
Occupational Therapy
Labor Force Development
Labor Needs
Professional Education
Access to Education
Role of Education
Architecture
Undergraduate Study
Graduate Study
Pharmaceutical Education
Allied Health Personnel
Public Health
Medical Education
Teacher Education
Business Education
Computer Science Education
Business Administration Education
Engineering Education
Dentistry
Librarians
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED494491