Life 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…
As 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 AngelesMidlife Career Changers: How Colleges Can Support the “What’s Next?” Endeavor
Julia Ivy | Faculty Director of the Masters in International Management, Northeastern UniversityLooking Ahead: Why Universities Need to Adopt the Credential Model
Anthony Carnevale | Director of the Center on Education and the Workforce, Georgetown UniversityCollege Behind Bars: The Necessity of Running A College Inside Prisons
Michael Budke | Program Coordinator for Corrections Education, Chemeketa Community CollegeCreating Pathways to Second Chances for Inmates
Kimberly Moore | Vice President of Workforce Innovation, Tallahassee Community CollegeLifelong Learning Starts Young: The Virtual Lab School and the 21st Century Land-Grant Mission
Stephen M. Gavazzi | Professor of Human Development and Family Science, Ohio State University Cynthia Buettner, Sarah LangThe Expensive and Absolutely Necessary Pursuit of Rural Students
Andrew Koricich | Associate Professor of Higher Education, Appalachian State UniversityPlacing 4-H Within The 21st-Century Land-Grant Mission
E. Gordon Gee | President, West Virginia University Stephen Gavazzi, Jennifer Sirangelo, Karen J. PittmanCooperative Extension Services and the 21st Century Land-Grant Mission
E. Gordon Gee | President, West Virginia University Stephen Gavazzi, Roger Rennekamp, Steve Bonanno
Dual-credit courses are becoming common undertakings for high school students, and while they give students a chance to jump-start their postsecondary education, it’s not always a straightforward process from high…
Lifelong Learning For The 100-Year Life
Jeffrey S. Russell | Dean of Continuing Studies and Vice Provost for Lifelong Learning, University of Wisconsin-MadisonIf you knew you might live to 100, how would you change your approach to learning? This isn’t a hypothetical question. According to a 2009 study, babies born after 2000…
While higher education is generally seen as the purview of colleges and universities, high-quality educational programming is not exclusive to academia. This is the mindset of PBS Digital Studios, whose…
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…
From Pre-K to Postsecondary: Creating a Lifelong Education Continuum
Aaliyah Samuel | Director of the Education Division in the Center for Best Practices, National Governors AssociationImproving Support and Services for Military Connected Students Even with Limited Resources
Ann Treadaway | Director of Veteran and Military Programs, Rutgers University Margaret O'DonnellThe Forever GI Bill: A Beginning Not an End
Karen Gross | Senior Counsel, Finn PartnersWidening the Pipeline: Offering College Credit to High School Students
Rakhshi Hamid | Director of High School Programs, Laramie County Community CollegeFast-Tracking Military Attainment: Creating Credential Pathways for Service Members
Margherita Clark | Dean of Health and Human Services, Lansing Community College Marvin HelmkerSOLDIER: Seven Things I Learned in the Army that Helped Me Succeed in Law School
David Thompson | Communications Outreach Director for Veterans’ Advocates, Washington and Lee UniversityAdult Learners, America Needs You Back! (Part 3)
Cheryl Hayek | Special Advisor to the President and Provost Emerita, Grantham UniversityWhat It Takes to Make “Military-Friendly” A Reality
Beth Brunk-Chavez | Dean of Extended University, University of Texas at El PasoEducation Alternatives Offer Exciting Career Transition Opportunities for Military Veterans
Margaret O'Donnell | Manager of Military and Veteran Engagement Programs in Rutgers Business School, Rutgers University
There were a lot of things that I got wrong or could have done better when I moved from Army Special Operations to law school. I was completely unprepared for…
Dissecting “Military Friendly” in Today’s Higher Education Environment
Mike Connolly | Director of Military and Veteran Affairs at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of MarylandIn the rush to support military and veteran students, or simply to cash their checks, many colleges and universities apply the label “military-friendly” to their programming in hopes of appealing…
I am a first-generation college graduate. I was raised on a family farm and in my family it was just assumed you would go on to college. We didn’t discuss…