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How Postsecondary Institutions Can Support the Middle-Skill Economy
Matt Sigelman | Chief Executive Officer, Burning Glass TechnologiesMiddle-skilled workers have long been an overlooked segment of the learning population, but—standing 35 to 40 million strong—they pose a real opportunity for growth for continuing education divisions and for…
Filling the Middle-Skill Jobs Gap: Career Education Starts and Ends with Local Employers
Sunita Cooke | Superintendent and President, MiraCosta Community College DistrictAs a California Community College educator and administrator for more than 25 years, I find that it is a very exciting time in our evolution, as community colleges are being…
What Will Be Important in the Learn and Work Ecosystem in 2030? How Do We Prepare?
Holly Zanville | Senior Advisor for Credentialing and Workforce Development, Lumina FoundationThis year’s kindergarteners will graduate from high school in 2030. It’s clear that they will need to prepare for a rapidly changing work-and-learn future, as will their parents and the…
Seven Key Ingredients of Successful Contract Training
Alex Read | Program Development Strategist in the College of Continuing Education, Sacramento State UniversityYour continuing education institution needs to recognize the difference between B2B and B2C sales and service delivery. Marketing and delivering contract training to local companies requires different strategies than degree…
The 60 Year Curriculum: Developing New Educational Models to Serve the Agile Labor Market
Chris Dede | Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies at the Graduate School of Education, Harvard UniversityWith the sponsorship of Harvard’s Division of Continuing Education (DCE), I’m participating in an initiative centered on The Sixty Year Curriculum (60YC). The Dean of DCE, Hunt Lambert, is leading…
Focusing on Relevancy and Flexibility: Solidifying the Place of the Community College
Lenore Rodicio | Executive Vice President and Provost, Miami Dade CollegeCommunity colleges play a critical role in the health of a community. Providing individuals—often from traditionally-underserved demographics—with an entry point into postsecondary learning and opportunities for upskilling and reskilling, all…
Incubating Innovation: The Growing Role of Continuing Education on University Campuses
J. Kim McNutt | Dean of the College of Extended and International Education, CSU Dominguez HillsThough Continuing or Extended Education is still viewed with suspicion by some faculties as the “personal interest” division of a university, CE offers many opportunities for their academic counterparts—including, in…
Economic and Demographic Challenges Facing Community and Technical Colleges
Kevin E. Drumm | President, SUNY Broome Community CollegeAs local providers of workforce training and higher education, the role of community colleges is set to grow as student populations become increasingly non-traditional. But given the credit-based funding model…