Measuring the Value of Digital Credentials (Part Two): The Role of Efficiency in Delivering Agility
Jonathan Lehrich | Associate Dean of Executive Education in the Questrom School of Business, Boston UniversityWith their increased granularity, transparency and portability, digital credentials are quickly supplanting the paper certificate as a means of non-degree skills verification in leading-edge continuing and professional education units. They…
Embedding Industry Certifications in Degrees Critical to Maintaining Long-Term Relevance
Michael Prebil | Program Associate with the Center on Education and Skills, New AmericaThe argument that college degrees aren’t worth the time and money no longer shocks the education policy crowd. But when my team at New America asked a couple of students…
At A Time of Extraordinary College Loan Debt, Gen Z Is Looking for New Approaches to Higher Education
Richard J. Polimeni | Chair, College Savings FoundationThe realities of paying for higher education create a formidable wall of concern for many families. There is the cost of college, which is daunting even for those expecting to…
How eCommerce Best Practices Impact Student Expectations and Enrollment
Jeff Fanter | Vice President for Enrollment, Communications and Marketing Management, Ivy Tech Community CollegeOnline retailing is changing how we shop, work and interact as consumers—and higher education is not immune to its influence. In this interview, Jeff Fanter discusses how eCommerce is changing…