{"id":24725,"date":"2024-08-30T09:14:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T13:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/?p=24725"},"modified":"2024-08-30T09:14:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T13:14:02","slug":"a-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/a-higher-education\/","title":{"rendered":"A Higher Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"position: relative; padding-top: max(60%,326px); height: 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; border: none; width: 100%; height: 100%; left: 0; right: 0; top: 0; bottom: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?backgroundColor=%23dcdcdc&amp;d=issuu.com&amp;hideIssuuLogo=true&amp;pageNumber=56&amp;u=portlandmagazine\" sandbox=\"allow-top-navigation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-downloads allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-modals allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p2\">Finally, a degree program<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>for the business of bud.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p3\">Story by Tess Baldwin<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u201cI\u2019m going to be one of the first in the state\u2014and the country\u2014to have an accredited cannabis degree,\u201d says <strong>Rebekah Hall<\/strong>, among <strong>Beal University<\/strong>\u2019s first students to earn an associate\u2019s degree in <strong>Cannabis Business Administration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">Program director <strong>Sarah Taylor-Laine<\/strong>, M.S., developed the curriculum with a focus on research, critical thinking, and communication skills to prepare students for the challenges of an industry still facing negative stigma and changing policies.<\/p>\n<p><em>Read the full story in the digital magazine above.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/HigherEducation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/HigherEducation.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/HigherEducation-980x513.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/HigherEducation-480x251.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Budding Degrees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1408],"class_list":["post-24725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","tag-september-2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24725"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24757,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24725\/revisions\/24757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}