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Can Students and Higher Education Strike a Grand Bargain?
Gordon Freedman | President, National Laboratory for Education TransformationTransforming Higher Education Will Require a Grand Bargain The National Laboratory for Education Transformation is dedicated to modernizing critical processes in higher education for the benefit of both institutions and…
Moving Beyond the Buzzword: Understanding Innovation in Higher Ed
Jill Buban | Senior Director of Research and Innovation, Online Learning ConsortiumIn April 2018, the Online Learning Consortium published The State of Innovation in Higher Education: A Survey of Academic Administrators. The report surveyed over 100 college and university administrators to…
With the Growth in the Number of Short-Term Credential Programs, Why is Stackability and Employer Engagement Critical?
Darlene Miller | Executive Director, National Council for Workforce EducationIn today’s economy, 80 percent of all jobs require some form of a credential beyond high school. Concomitantly, 45 percent of small businesses in America are unable to find qualified…
How American IEPs Can Adapt to the Shifting Marketplace
Cheryl Delk-Le Good | Executive Director, EnglishUSAIntensive English Programs—IEPs—are an invaluable resource for recruiting and retaining international students, but increased international and online competition mean that many are facing declining enrollment numbers. In this interview, Cheryl…
How Digital Credentialing is Driving the Shift Towards a Learning Economy
Louis Soares | Vice President of Strategy, Research and Advancement, American Council on EducationDigital credentials are at the forefront of broader technological innovation in the academic sector and signal the possibility of broader cooperation between higher education and the labor market—but, as Louis…
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…
Putting Today’s Students Back at the Center of Federal Policies
Julie Peller | Executive Director, Higher Learning AdvocatesIn 1965, when our nation’s keystone higher education law, the Higher Education Act, was first passed by Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson, the American student population…