NEET Indigenous Youth Need Effective Education-to-Employment Programs
Paul Toupin | Director of Employment and Corporate Training, Collège La CitéAs Canada fondly reflects on its 153-year-old history, our collective guilt seems to be putting a dent in our ability to unabashedly celebrate our self-proclaimed pride as a global role…
Teaching in the Virtual Classroom: Strategies for Success
Daniel Piedra | Assistant Director of the Center for Continuing Education, McMaster University Anastassiya Yudintseva | Digital Learning Specialist, McMaster University,The COVID-19 pandemic has closed schools across the continent and sent teachers, staff and students home to work remotely. By the beginning of April 2020, it was apparent that this…
Lessons from an Academic Mountaineer: How to Surmount the Challenge and Find Your Pivot Point
Linda Wendling | Senior Manager of Academic Engagement for the Colleges of Business and IT, Western Governors UniversityThere have always been challenges in higher education; however, the current pandemic has exacerbated all of them at once, like an avalanche. Many of us at Western Governors University are…
Get Ahead of the Curve: Preparations for a Successful Fall Semester Must Start Now
Mick Starcevich | Former President, Kirkwood Community CollegeAs the COVID-19 pandemic evolves from an urgent public health crisis to an economic catastrophe, higher education institutions are bracing for long-term impact while working around the clock to continue…