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Build Better Skills for Better Performance

The Business-Higher Education Forum is a 40-year-old nonprofit membership organization that connects higher education institutions to business talent demand. Corporate CEOs and university presidents join BHEF to anticipate skills needs and improve pathways between higher education and workforce.

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With its members and strategic partners, BHEF:

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Leads action-oriented forums and partnerships

that promote innovative approaches between business and higher education. BHEF hosts member meetings, fosters collaboration, and creates partnerships that align higher education with employment. This community has facilitated over 50 collaborations for talent solutions.

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Identifies high-value emerging skills

through yearly signature reports, ad hoc research, and timely quick takes. This research on the skills marketplace enables BHEF members to identify emerging skills and build new credentials that align with business hiring needs in as few as six months.

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Develops pathways

that quickly source diverse, high-value talent. BHEF has a repeatable approach to accelerate pathway development between business and higher education, resulting in over 100 credentials.

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BHEF members come from diverse backgrounds, representing multiple industries and interests, to create a common agenda.

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The Business-Higher Education Forum is launching a new fellowship program, supported by the ECMC Foundation, that provides the tools, resources, and space to design, develop, and lead innovations in establishing equitable talent pipelines that expand pathways to student success.  

Learn more about the Faculty Innovation Fellowship