Workforce Development
The economy is still recovering from the Great Recession, which was characterized by skyrocketing unemployment rates. Many adults found themselves without the skills needed to find work in the new, knowledge-focused economy, and colleges and universities have ample opportunity to create programs to help people find careers in growth industries.
How Partnering with Continuing Studies Improves Degree Relevancy
Nicole Tate-Hill | Academic Program Manager in Continuing Studies, Western UniversityUniversities have been increasingly challenged regarding how applicable traditional academic offerings are to our increasingly modern world. There is a contentious and growing view of a university’s role in creating…
Building Blocks for a Connected Learn and Work Ecosystem in an Uncertain AI Future
Holly Zanville | Senior Advisor for Credentialing and Workforce Development, Lumina FoundationLumina Foundation recently sponsored the first of two conversations on AI Future Skills with the Institute for the Future (IFTF), an organization that has been forecasting 10-year futures for 50…
How to Pivot Two-Year Colleges to Play an Expanded Role in their Local Community
Anton Reece | President, West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegeCommunity colleges continue to serve a pivotal and critical role in meeting and driving local, regional and national economic growth. West Kentucky Community and Technical College is similar to our…
Bootcamps Go To College
Matthew Rascoff | Associate Vice Provost for Digital Education and Innovation, Duke UniversityIn April 2018 the coding and design bootcamp General Assembly was acquired by a Swiss staffing firm for $413 million. Bootcamps are often described as disruptors of higher education, giving…
How Community Colleges Support the Local Workforce
Rhonda Tracy | Former Chancellor, Kentucky Community and Technical College SystemGiven the climate today—economically, politically, and educationally—the interest in how colleges are meeting the needs of the workforce has never been greater. The ability and relevancy of higher education to…
The Essential Employability Qualities Certification: Assuring Graduates Are Prepared for the 21st Century Workforce
Melanie Booth | Executive Director, The Quality Assurance Commons for Higher and Postsecondary EducationPreparing learners for employment has become an expected outcome of higher and postsecondary educational programs, regardless of discipline or degree level. Yet surveys and studies continually reveal a growing divide…
Beyond Vocational: Adult Education Confronts the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Tommy Perkins | Vice President of Marketing, AboundAdvanced applications for big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence can take us to new heights, or plunge us into a dystopian future where robots absorb jobs, unemployment soars and…