{"id":234250,"date":"2026-06-20T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/20\/new-white-paper-on-closing-the-ai-fluency-gap-to-support-workforce-retention-published-by-the-university-of-phoenix-college-of-doctoral-studies\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T08:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:40:14","slug":"new-white-paper-on-closing-the-ai-fluency-gap-to-support-workforce-retention-published-by-the-university-of-phoenix-college-of-doctoral-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/20\/new-white-paper-on-closing-the-ai-fluency-gap-to-support-workforce-retention-published-by-the-university-of-phoenix-college-of-doctoral-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"New white paper on closing the AI fluency gap to support workforce retention published by the University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/new-white-paper-on-closing-the-ai-fluency-gap-to-support-workforce-retention-published-by-the-university-of-phoenix-college-of-doctoral-studies-302805050.html\">New white paper on closing the AI fluency gap to support workforce retention published by the University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/new-white-paper-on-closing-the-ai-fluency-gap-to-support-workforce-retention-published-by-the-university-of-phoenix-college-of-doctoral-studies-302805050.html\">https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/new-white-paper-on-closing-the-ai-fluency-gap-to-support-workforce-retention-published-by-the-university-of-phoenix-college-of-doctoral-studies-302805050.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-20 08:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.prnewswire.com\">www.prnewswire.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>AI Skill Development and Talent Retention:<\/strong> The white paper, &#8220;The Retention Mandate,&#8221; by Dr. Wayne L. 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