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Improving Attainment and Reducing Barriers: Announcing the Talent Hubs
Haley Glover | Strategy Director, Lumina FoundationAchieving the attainment goal of 60 percent by 2025 is an immense challenge that requires great efforts to reduce the obstacles currently standing in the way of postsecondary access and…
Closing the "Soft" Skills Gap: It Begins with Assessment
Cathrael Kazin | Managing Partner, Volta Learning GroupYear after year, organizations like AAC&U (American Association of Colleges and Universities) and NACE (the National Association of Colleges and Employers) survey employers to learn what skills they seek in…
Learning from WGU: Five Key Practices
David Leasure | President, Higher Learning Challenge, LLCWestern Governors University (WGU) celebrated the 20th year of its founding in July 2017. WGU is the largest and oldest institution of higher learning that offers online, competency-based education (CBE),…
Microcredentials, MicroMasters, and Nanodegrees: What’s the Big Idea?
Cathrael Kazin | Managing Partner, Volta Learning GroupHGTV has tiny houses. Higher ed now has microcredentials, including nanodegrees (offered by Udacity), MicroMasters (offered by edX), and Educator Microcredentials (offered by Digital Promise). What’s driving the huge obsession with small? Actually, I’m not sure I can explain the fascination with tiny houses—they look…
Evolving Traditional Fundraising: Scaling, Collaboration and Relationship-Building
Brian Gawor | Vice President of Research, Ruffalo Noel LevitzA common feature of every college or university across the United States and Canada, regardless of status, is an office of advancement. Pursuing donations is a fixture of the modern…
Year-Round Pell Restoration a Great First Step When it Comes to Student Access and Attainment
Susan Johnson | Director of Impact and Research, Lumina FoundationOn June 20, 2017, the Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced the restoration of Year-Round Pell Grants, with the move set to take effect on July 1, 2017. Year-Round Pell…
The Expertise and Language Gap in Technology Procurement: Reducing Bloat and Improving Collaboration
James Wiley | Principal Analyst, EduventuresTechnology solutions and tools are more important to the effective management of a postsecondary institution today than ever before, and this trend is only going to pick up speed moving…