DeVry University Addresses Growing Tech Skills Gap with New Technology Pathway
May 16 2017 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
University places technology at its core and
lowers tuition on Tech Path programs
A 2017 study by the Career Advisory Board1 noted the growing technology skills gap among
current U.S. employees and job applicants, as well as a general
lack of technical competency for those entering the workforce. To
help in closing the tech skills gap, DeVry University is offering a
new educational pathway for its students – the DeVry Technology
Pathway, (DeVry Tech Path). With its
Tech Path, DeVry has embedded technology-related curriculum within
many of its degree and certificate programs. To ensure its Tech
Path-designated programs are accessible, the university is also
reducing tuition rates in these associate and bachelor offerings
for new and readmit students.
DeVry Tech Path
While the Career Advisory Board study identifies a shortage of
hard tech skills – the ability to deploy specific technologies –
employers have a broader concern over the lack of applied tech
skills. Applied tech skills refer to individuals understanding how
to use technology for the benefit of an organization. In fact, a
vast majority (77 percent2) of employers said their competitive
advantage lies in using applied tech skills to solve problems, and
they desire a workforce with the proper skills to do so.
To help address the need for applied tech skills, DeVry is
offering the DeVry Tech Path, which includes courses through which
students can learn how to connect people, process, data and devices
in new ways to solve business problems. The Tech Path curriculum
leverages tech-centric, experiential and project-based instruction
for a deeper educational experience applicable to industry
demands.
“Traditionally, degree programs with a focus on technology tend
to have a hard tech skills slant needed within a particular
industry,” said Robert Paul, president of DeVry University. “With
the DeVry Tech Path, DeVry is embedding applied technology at the
core of our curriculum. Our priority is to help students build
their overall skill proficiency and technical competency, and
better position them to make a difference in today’s dynamic,
interdependent and digitized world.”
Programs offering the DeVry Tech Path, include:
Certificate
- Medical Billing & Coding
- Website Design
- Website Development
Associate degree
- Electronics & Computer
Technology
- Health Information Technology
- Network Systems Administration
Bachelor’s degree
- Accounting
- Computer Engineering Technology
- Computer Information Systems
- Electronics Engineering Technology
- Healthcare Administration
- Management
- Multimedia Design &
Development
- Network & Communications
Management
- Technical Management
New Pricing
DeVry University is also lowering the tuition rate for its Tech
Path-designated associate and bachelor programs to $487 per credit
hour. The new tuition rate will be effective for new and readmit
students beginning with the July 2017 session, which starts July 3.
This is a reduction of 20 percent from the current $609 per credit
hour for non-Tech Path-designated programs.
“DeVry University is tackling the tech skills gap head-on and
doing our part to prepare students for the modern workforce,” added
Paul. “By lowering the tuition on the DeVry Tech Path-designated
programs, we hope to make closing the tech skills gap more
attainable for our students and employer-partners.”
For more information about DeVry University and the DeVry Tech
Path, visit devry.edu.
To view the findings from the Career Advisory Board research,
visit www.careeradvisoryboard.com.
About DeVry University
DeVry University’s mission is to foster student learning through
high-quality, career-oriented education integrating technology,
business, science and the arts. Founded in 1931, the university
offers undergraduate and graduate programs onsite and online
within its five distinguished colleges of study: Business &
Management, Engineering & Information Sciences, Health
Sciences, Liberal Arts & Sciences, and Media Arts &
Technology. The university is accredited by The Higher Learning
Commission (HLC, www.hlcommission.org).
To learn more about DeVry University, visit devry.edu.
1 Career Advisory Board, “ Exploring America’s Tech Skills Gap
and the Parallel Deficits of Applied Tech Skills and Hard Tech
Skills,” 2017 – press release; executive summary – page 2, second
paragraph
2 Career Advisory Board, “ Exploring America’s Tech Skills Gap
and the Parallel Deficits of Applied Tech Skills and Hard Tech
Skills,” 2017 – press release; executive summary – page 2, fourth
paragraph
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DeVry UniversityDonna Shaults630-353-9013dshaults@devry.edu
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