Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Image: Like a lot of professors whose field of study is higher education, Jeffrey C. ” was published this month by Louisville and UPCEA, an association that focuses on professional, online and continuing education. So he set about to create just such a guide. The result, “ In-House or Outsource?

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 3, 2023

By one count, the United States is home to more than one million unique educational credentials, which represents a more than threefold increase since 2018. And colleges struggle to deliver what employers want. Some are offered by nonacademic providers.) But there is good news, too.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A Fundamental Rethink of the Higher Education Business Model In the rapidly evolving landscape of higher education, institutions must embrace educational innovation and strategic adaptation to change. For example, according to the College Board, in 2016, 70% of all high school seniors (traditional-age students) went to college.

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University Business

JULY 25, 2023

Colleges and universities are seeking to expand their horizons by embracing innovative new ways to reach students and generate revenue. Consequently, professional and continuing education (PCE) units are a ripe sector to explore. Nearly a third of all respondents said they have no technologies in common (34%).

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University Business

MARCH 21, 2024

Alternative credentials have become a driving force in education, increasingly favored by non-traditional students who helped reverse a decade-plus long trend of declines that started in 2010 and fell sharply during the pandemic. Working with businesses looking to hire skilled employees is an essential part of that.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

AUGUST 29, 2023

The need for collaboration in higher education — particularly between universities and employers — continues to grow. The decline in tuition revenue has led to cost-cutting measures across hundreds of colleges and universities, which may further impact their enrollments. By 2030, these shortages could cost organizations $8.5

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University Business

JANUARY 23, 2024

Alternative non-degree credentials are slowly becoming higher education’s hottest learning modality. ” These friction points may contribute to some worrying data points registered by employers in UPCEA’s January 2024 report created in collaboration with Collegis Education, an edtech company.

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University Business

MARCH 24, 2023

If you’re still remotely skeptical about whether the explosive developments in AI will impact higher education, a recent academic study done by researchers from Princeton, New York University and the University of Pennsylvania may finally cause you to embrace the new horizons. “They have to build and articulate these guidelines.”

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WCET Frontiers

AUGUST 10, 2023

My History with Online Courses Welcome to the third and final post in our series on higher education enrollment shifts. In the second post, the work group discussed ways higher education institutions are responding to the shifts in enrollment. There are four primary ways in which digital learning can expand learner pathways: 1.

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University Business

MAY 2, 2023

Miami Dade College President Madeline Pumariega has quietly culled millions of dollars in investments from city stakeholders, envisioning something big on the horizon. Fernandez Family School of Global Business of Miami Dade College. “We know that the future of the workforce is ever-changing, especially now.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

A new study focusing on employers’ perspectives on micro-credentials reveals that while a strong majority of them believe it boosts a prospective hire’s value, not enough colleges and universities are capitalizing on it. However, schools may be bungling this opportunity. They are more of a supplement than a replacement.

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Higher Ed Ethics Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Recent changes in the laws in many states have moved to a bifurcated system in which students must have 120 credit hours of college education to sit for the CPA exam and 150 credit hours (225 for quarter schools) to be licensed as a CPA. Expanding the Knowledge Base for CPAs. Business methods have become increasingly complex.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 30, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Kelly Heuer and I have been collaborating in the context of my college’s portfolio of online programs on the edX platform. In our work together, I’ve been impressed with Kelly’s understanding of academic culture paired with her deep expertise in learning science.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

MARCH 15, 2023

Reading Time: 10 minutes New technology and social media can make email marketing seem somewhat obsolete, but the reality is that email marketing is as strong as ever. Example : Concordia Continuing Education sends an email to promote the launch of its AI Proficiency certificate program.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MAY 9, 2023

Micro-credentials are also money-making opportunities for colleges and universities that can help address deficits and fund other pursuits. Micro-credentials can align with new technologies and help describe a partnership between, for example, a university and an industry at large.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

The culminating experience for the EAB Rising Higher Education Leaders Fellowship was the capstone project that substantively contributed to the fellows’ professional advancement and helped solve a pressing challenge facing their home institutions. The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more.

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Thinking Cap Agency

MARCH 4, 2022

The “traditional” (ie, 18-24 year old) prospective student has long-defined college enrollment strategies, but with less traditional students looking for admission it’s about time to start considering the much more elusive nontraditional college students. Read next: Your Guide to the Higher Education Enrollment Funnel.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 23, 2023

From my professional experiences in both K-12 and higher education, I have found the secret sauce to effective professional development is ENGAGEMENT. Faculty professional development is any type of continuing education effort for educators. It is a way educators can improve their skills and increase student outcomes.

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SRHE

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Efforts to widen higher education access have tended to focus on the provision of information and supportto those from under-represented backgrounds. For context, progression rates are generally lower from FE colleges than sixth forms. Neil Raven is an educational consultant and researcher in widening access. by Neil Raven.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2023

Donna Vinton, PhD, has worked for positions in a public high school, two K-12 state education agencies, a private college, and a public state university. Currently, Vinton is teaching an asynchronous online independent study course that is part of the continuing education programs. References Dunlap, Joanna C.,

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 8, 2022

The fifth and last installment in our series explores how higher education can reflect the ever-changing landscape of society and industry to meet their needs and expectations. At The Change Leader, we propose a culture of continuous board improvement and accountability as a way to avoid the detrimental impact of stagnant governance.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 23, 2023

From my professional experiences in both K-12 and higher education, I have found the secret sauce to effective professional development is ENGAGEMENT. Faculty professional development is any type of continuing education effort for educators. It is a way educators can improve their skills and increase student outcomes.

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WCET Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Jennifer Dale, Community College of Aurora: We want to be an agent of change for students’ social and economic mobility. Lesley Voigt, Madison College: We brought micro-credentials to campus in 2012 as a way to help validate and verify the learning that takes place within our Continuing Education courses.

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Dr. Missy Alexander

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Still, I was struck by the confluence of initiatives coming from all corners, so I spent a few hours reading a recent report from the Chronicle of Higher Education titled, Building Tomorrow’s Workforce: What employers want you to know. Each of these paths are great opportunities for students and all of them will lead to employment.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean A couple of years ago, when we started seriously planning to hand The Wife’s car down to The Boy, I started researching cars to figure out what to get her as a replacement. The technology isn’t going to slow down. That’s new. They come from somewhere. We’re here.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

I talked to Scott Shireman , Coursera’s global head of campus, and Lindsey Keith-Vincent , associate dean for research, outreach and innovation and director of the Science and Technology Education Center at Louisiana Tech University, about the results. The modern workplace now requires new skills.

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eLiterate

JULY 10, 2023

I can write about big trends that will affect education. With changes like major demographic student switches, huge swathes of the economy being reconfigured, and profoundly impactful technologies popping up seemingly out of nowhere, companies need time to plan and implement appropriately significant responses. Talk from universities.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 11, 2023

Drumm McNaughton and Guest Amrit Ahluwalia – Student Lifecycle Strategies for Enrollment and Retention College and university leaders who understand and implement the customer lifecycle model into their processes and procedures can boost enrollment numbers at their institutions despite the ongoing trend in higher education.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 24, 2023

To better understand how higher education got to where it is today, you might read Harvey J. Graff’s “ Lessons from the 1960s ,” a brief essay that looks back to that fateful and contentious decade for ideas about how we might reinvent higher education for the 21 st century. Similarly, the production of Ph.D.s

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