Two recent books about higher education that I’ve read and reviewed, After the Ivory Tower Falls and The Great Upheaval, provided excellent context and analysis about why higher education will transform or perish. The College Devaluation Crisis, written by Jason Wingard and published in late 2021, provides a business-like analytical approach to an industry in […]
It’s almost impossible to read about changes in higher ed without reading about the “opportunity” for institutions that built online courses during the pandemic to market those programs and courses to “non-traditional” students who would normally not attend on-campus courses. I want to go on record as stating that it’s almost impossible to build substantial […]
The Texas 2036 organization recently issued a blog article regarding the importance of community colleges to the state’s growth and financial well-being. Texas has 50 community college districts serving the state’s 254 counties. Texas 2036 points out that community colleges are uniquely positioned to meet the state’s increasing demands for skilled labor through quick and […]
For more than two decades, I have looked for innovations and advances in technology that can improve outcomes in education. Thanks to Moore’s Law, the costs of many technologies have decreased. What hasn’t decreased are the costs of programmers, trainers, and training time required for faculty, staff, and students. The return on investment of deploying […]
Last week the Texas A&M College of Arts & Sciences published an article regarding their participation in a collaborative digital innovation initiative to improve student success in Texas and beyond. Rachel Knight reported that over the summer, Texas A&M faculty in the Departments of English, History, and Physics and Astronomy worked with faculty at Rice […]
With all of the hoopla about the declining ROI of a college degree and the move to short-term credentials that can lead to increased wages, it was surprising to read Lee Gardner’s article in The Chronicle of Higher Education revealing the fact that few community colleges that offer these credentials track their outcomes or even […]
My recent posts about Upskilling and Reskilling, Top Skills for Future Jobs, and A Two Year Review of Workforce Education left me thinking about how workers market their education, skills, and experiences to employers. Nearly three years ago, I wrote an article titled The Job Skills Students Need That Colleges Don’t Teach. My article critiqued […]
Last week, Inside Higher Ed released a print on demand compilation titled Compilation on Measuring the Value of Higher Education. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation partnered with Inside Higher Ed to publish the compilation. The first paper is a reprint of the Inside Higher Ed announcement about the Postsecondary Value Commission and their Equitable […]
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One of the newsletters that I regularly read is Workforce Monitor. In July, Editor-in-Chief George Lorenzo published A Review of Workforce Education, 2020 to 2022: Two Years of Enormous Change. The report is organized with the following topics. Skills Shift Enrollment Conundrum Unprepared Learners Numerous Workforce Education Resources On Data Reskilling The Microcredential Craze Diversity, […]
With more than 830 million members in 200 countries and territories, LinkedIn’s data about the jobs that its members occupy are as current as the frequency by which its members update their profiles. With its acquisition of Lynda.com in 2015, LinkedIn Learning offers more than 16,000 business, design, and tech online courses. As a wholly […]
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