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The Evolving Transactional Nature of Credentialing: Alternative Credentials Today
Jonathan Finkelstein | Founder and Chief Executive Officer, CredlyAs the distinction between learning at colleges, universities and workplaces continues to erode, credentials are supplanting the traditional role of the degree in terms of skills verification. Unlike the degree,…
How Continuing Education Divisions Can Help Their Institutions Thrive in the New Economy
Arthur Levine | President, Woodrow Wilson FoundationThe economic shift from an industrial to an information-based economy has ramifications across all segments of society, including higher education. While some universities will survive the transition to this new…
The Silent Learning Revolution in Higher Education: Crafting Strategies for a Changing World
Peter Smith | Orkand Chair and Professor of Innovative Practices in Higher Education, University of Maryland University CollegeIn June, Peter Smith published Free Range Learning in the Digital Age: The Emerging Revolution in College, Career and Higher Education. In it, Smith argues that technology has driven a…
Remedying Remedial Education
Cathrael Kazin | Managing Partner, Volta Learning GroupImagine the following scenario: You have done well in high school, finishing in the top 10 percent of your class, which in your state automatically qualifies you for a college…
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…
Megatrends Prompt Universities to Innovate and Internationalize
Rahul Choudaha | Executive Vice President of Global Engagement, Research and Intelligence, StudyportalsGlobally, higher education enrollment is projected to reach 332 million by 2030—an increase of 56 percent, or 120 million students—from 2015. Likewise, the number of internationally mobile students will reach…
How a Culture of Continuous Improvement Drives Long-Term Divisional Health and Growth
Max Milder | Consultant for Strategic Research, EABFor many postsecondary divisions—even continuing education and professional development divisions—it takes declining enrollments and persistent warning flags to trigger a program review. But is this the best method to ensure…