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TECHNOLOGY >>
Creating Collisions
Partnership W
hile the pandemic was a time of upheaval in higher edu-
Between MCLA,
BIC Takes Aim
at Workforce
Needs
cation, not all the changes that occurred were negative. Indeed, Gina Puc said colleges and universities have
seen higher education transformed in some ways, with
a new sensitivity to innovative models of learning. “We took a close look at how we were serving students in this new
environment,” said Puc, chief of staff at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams. And one good example is MCLA’s new partner- ship with the Berkshire Innovation Center (BIC) in Pittsfield on an MBA program to enhance and expand experiences and career connections to prepare graduates for innovation-driven careers in the Berkshires and beyond.
This fall and spring, BIC will host students from MCLA for 10 Satur- days as part of their MBA program, which will be taught online and on- site at BIC in a hybrid format. Applications for the fall 2023 program are due by Aug. 18.
Puc said the partnership is reaching students who may not have thought about getting their MBAs pre-pandemic, but are drawn by this
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