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Competency-Based Education: A Model For Keeping Up in Canada
Jackie Pichette | Director of Policy, Research & Partnerships, Higher Education Quality Council of OntarioMost students enrolled in Canadian colleges and universities today should expect to return to school down the road—probably several times, hopefully for shorter, more flexible and affordable programs. That’s because,…
Optimizing Ontario: A Closer Look at the Province’s Performance-Based Funding Proposal
Alex Usher | President, Higher Education Strategy AssociatesBy 2025, 60% of funding for public colleges and universities in Ontario will be based on performance. Like the United States, Ontario’s postsecondary funding was historically based on enrollment, but…
The “I” vs. “We” Balance: Highlighting Your Collaborative Prowess When Interviewing
Jen Meyers Pickard | Executive Search Consultant in the Education Practice, WittKiefferCollaboration. Collaborate. Collaborative. Collaboratively. Whether used as a noun, verb, adjective or adverb, the masterful use of collaboration as a leadership tool is undoubtedly at the top of every search…
The edX Model Is One Promising Route To Education’s Future
Holly Zanville | Strategy Director for the Future of Learning and Work, Lumina FoundationThere are two intriguing flight paths I’ve been watching—both stemming from grants Lumina Foundation awarded to edX, the nonprofit online education platform founded by Harvard and MIT: Build 30 competency-based,…
The Third Wave: Overcoming Elitist College Rankings
Paul Glastris | Editor in Chief, Washington MonthlyThe American higher education system was designed around creating economic mobility and access for individuals of limited means, underpinned by the notion that the more educated a society was, the…
How the Jobs-to-Be-Done Framework Can (and Should) Drive Institutional Strategy
Michael Horn | Principal Consultant, Entangled Solutions & Co-Founder, Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive InnovationColleges and universities today operate in a complex, ever-changing environment, and chief among those changes is the role, place and behavior of learners. Today’s student doesn’t fit a homogenous mold—they…
Education Consumers Are Speaking; Policymakers, Educators, Employers Must Listen
Carol D'Amico | Executive Vice President, Strada Education NetworkTo understand how American consumers value anything—from the gadgets they purchase to their Uber rides or restaurant experiences—we simply ask them. So why not ask the consumers of education how…