Extending Lifelong Learning
The non-traditional marketplace is far from homogenous. Underneath the “non-traditional” umbrella are a number of diverse groups with a range of specific needs and unique challenges. Understanding the demands of these groups will allow institutions to create for them a truly impactful higher education experience.
Lifelong Learning Isn’t Only for Adults
John Mason | CEO, ACS Distance Education and PublishingLife used to be simpler, made up of three stages—childhood (including adolescence; going to school and living at home), adult life (where you’re working, raising a family and moving into…
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…
Unfinished Business in Higher Education
Matt Bergman | Program Director and Research Faculty Member, University of LouisvilleAs the population of adult students begins to outnumber the traditional student population, institutions need to better prepare themselves to help these new learners reach their academic goals. For adult…
Preparing Students for a Lifelong Disruptive Future: The 60-Year Curriculum
Chris Dede | Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies at the Graduate School of Education, Harvard University John RichardsThe future will be quite different than the immediate past. We can anticipate a world-wide interdependent civilization shaped by economic turbulence from artificial intelligence and globalization, climate change, and advanced…
Does Being Rural Matter? The Economic & Social Concerns of Rural Graduates
Allen Schaidle | PhD Student in Higher Education, University of California, Los AngelesFor American college students who leave behind their rural communities to pursue higher education, graduation accompanies a set of unique challenges and internal negotiations dissimilar to their urban and suburban…
Midlife Career Changers: How Colleges Can Support the “What’s Next?” Endeavor
Julia Ivy | Faculty Director of the Masters in International Management, Northeastern UniversityIt used to be thought “right” to stay in one career track your whole life. You would gradually climb the professional and income ladders of your chosen profession before ultimately…
Looking Ahead: Why Universities Need to Adopt the Credential Model
Anthony Carnevale | Director of the Center on Education and the Workforce, Georgetown UniversityThe American education system has always valued the four-year education model, creating a stigma around two-year schools. But credentials are providing learners exactly what they need, fitting into the new…