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.
Fostering Lifelong Learning by Providing Adequate Support
Melissa Marcello | Associate Vice President of Champlain Online, Champlain College Jen MorrisLearning doesn’t end at the completion of a degree—students will be looking to continue their education as they follow different career paths. Just because a student has earned their certificate…
CAEL Microcourses: Putting Our Preaching Into Practice
Shawn Hulsizer | Senior Vice President of Impact, Marketing and Communications, CAELIncreased demand for lifelong/adult education has, in turn, increased our standards for it. Listening to prospective students’ needs should be at the core of microcourse development. When you advocate for…
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…