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Are Microcredentials Finally Gaining Traction?

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Learning Innovation This month, the London School of Economics (LSE) expanded its degree partnership with 2U to launch a series of edX microcredentials that provide learners with a flexible, stackable pathway towards pursuing a fully online undergraduate education. Why now and why this route?

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Can—and Should—Colleges Educate the Whole Person?

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Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Within the Jesuit tradition, there is a concept, “ cura personalis ,” which means to care for the whole person. Shouldn’t the goal of an undergraduate education go beyond producing budding businessfolk or chemists or engineers or literary critics or manufacturing career-ready graduates?

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Becoming a Mission-Driven University

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Not a day goes by that I don’t read something that shocks me, annoys me, frustrates me, rouses me, or inspires me. Consider the following examples: Wealthy colleges have found a new way to separate potential students from their dollars. ” Or I don’t know whether to laugh for cry.

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Transforming Transfer at Selective Colleges and Universities

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Beyond Transfer Millions of community college students are pursuing their higher education journeys right now. Many aspire to transfer to a four-year college or university. But if trends hold, just a fraction of them will make the jump–especially to a selective institution.

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3 Questions on UT Austin’s New $10K Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Learning Innovation I’m totally psyched about the newly announced master of science in artificial intelligence (MSAI) degree from the University of Texas at Austin. I’ll give you 10,000 reasons: the degree will cost students $10,000! A $10K master’s degree from a top global university.