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Welcome to the newly named Apollo Research Institute, formerly University of Phoenix Research Institute. After a groundbreaking year producing studies on critical issues of workforce advancement and the return on investment of college degrees, University of Phoenix Research Institute has expanded its research focus and changed its name to reflect its new corporate scope. Beginning November 4, 2011, the research group will operate under the name Apollo Research Institute as a division of Apollo Group, the parent company of seven leading providers of educational services worldwide, including University of Phoenix. Apollo Research Institute will extend the scholarly research agenda of its predecessor by conducting national and metropolitan-area studies that address issues of vital importance for the workforce, including skills gaps, future career demands, and educational solutions to workforce deficits in the 21st-century. As a nonpartisan research group, the Institute will continue Apollo's collaboration with Stanford University's Media X program and the Palo Alto-based Institute for the Future as well as the industry-based nonprofit, The Manufacturing Institute. Apollo Research Institute will forge and strengthen additional affiliations with leading educational service providers such as EdLink. Visit the newly designed Apollo Research Institute website. Publications issued prior to November 2011 will continue to bear the University of Phoenix Research Institute name during a yearlong transition period. 
Asleep at the Wheel: Are College Students and Employers Ready for the Jobs of the Future? Major disruptive shifts in the U.S. economy are predicted to reshape the skills workers will require in the next decade. But college students and employers, exhausted from a persistent economic crisis, may be less likely to explore the changing nature of work. Apollo Research Institute surveyed more than 2,500 employers and degree-seeking students to learn what skills they believe will be required for a successful career. Read the results of the survey, Asleep at the Wheel: Are College Students and Employers Ready for the Jobs of the Future? From Enlisted to Employed: Educating Military Veterans for Civilian Careers
Nearly 1000 people registered to join expert panelists from academia, industry and the military on October 20, 2011 for a webinar on transitioning military personnel into the civilian workforce. Apollo Research Institute presented current research findings from the study Hiring Heroes: Employer Perceptions, Preferences, and Hiring Practices Related to U.S. Military Personnel and led an interactive discussion. Panelists also answered questions submitted in real time by audience members. Participants learned how educators can better serve the unique needs of military students, how employers can benefit from the wide range of skills and work attributes of military personnel, and how service members can best position themselves for civilian jobs in a competitive market. The panel featured:
Read the full report or executive summary of Hiring Heroes: Employer Perceptions, Preferences, and Hiring Practices Related to U.S. Military Personnel. Reality Check: A Vital Update to the Landmark 2002 NCES Study of Nontraditional College Students Researchers at Apollo Research Institute took a fresh look at a groundbreaking 2002 National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) study that challenged commonly held perceptions about college students. Findings are published in a report titled Reality Check: A Vital Update to the Landmark 2002 NCES Study of Nontraditional College Students. Read the full report or the executive summary.
Thought leaders from diverse industries convened for a Future of Work think tank sponsored by Apollo Research Institute and hosted by the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto, California, on November 2, 2011. Visionaries from PriceWaterhouseCoopers, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Kaiser Permanente, Citrix, Twitter, the Milken Institute, and Georgia Institute of Technology gathered for an interactive, all-day session to identify emerging trends and patterns in the changing nature of work. A research report that integrates findings from the think tank will be published in spring 2012. STEMTech Conference The Future of Work, Education, and Society: Technological Transformations was the topic of a presentation by Dr. Tracey Wilen-Daugenti, Vice President and Managing Director of Apollo Research Institute, at the League for Innovation in the Community College STEMTech Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, October 2-5. Washington Ideas Forum At the Washington Ideas Forum, Apollo Research Institute Vice President and Managing Director Dr. Tracey Wilen-Daugenti participated in a roundtable discussion on job creation and the U.S. economy. The forum was presented by The Atlantic and the Aspen Institute in Washington DC, October 4-6. State of The State Conference Dr. Tracey Wilen-Daugenti, Vice President and Managing Director of the Apollo Research Institute, joined hundreds of California's leading business executives and policymakers for a day of purpose and problem-solving at the Milken Institute State of The State Conference 2011 in Los Angeles, California, on October 13. Web 2.0 Summit Apollo Research Institute Vice President and Managing Director Dr. Tracey Wilen-Daugenti attended the 2011 Web 2.0 Summit "The Data Frame" focusing on the impact of data in today's networked economy. The summit took place in San Francisco, California, October 17-19. CLO Breakfast Club Dr. Tracey Wilen-Daugenti, Vice President and Managing Director of Apollo Research Institute, served as a panelist at Chief Learning Officer (CLO) Breakfast Club events, Learning Innovation: Development for a Changing Environment, in San Francisco on October 6, in Boston on October 20, and in New York City on October 27. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Conference Dr. Tracey Wilen-Daugenti, Vice President and Managing Director of the Apollo Research Institute, will present Apollo Research Institute findings on the future of work, education and society at the Strategic Management of Internationalization in Higher Education Conference organized by the Nordic University Association, the Nordic Association of University Administrators, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Program on Institutional Management in Higher Education in Lund, Sweden, December 15-16. |
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