I missed the 2U earnings release on July 28th and the press release on July 29th announcing their “new partnership model to increase access and affordability in higher education, embracing edX’s flexible approach to degree support.” I didn’t miss, however, the article in Inside Higher Ed describing its pivot. The item that Inside Higher Ed co-founder Doug […]
A recent article on OPMs from Phil Hill’s PhilonEdTech blog, triggered a link to an article of his from a year ago. In that article, he utilized the graphic below to describe the “emerging OPM successor model.” While I agree that this model reflects a possible strategy for 2U/EdX and Coursera, I’m not sure the […]
In a recently published article in the Hechinger Report, Lawrence Lanahan questions whether the new trend to remove a bachelor’s degree requirement for a job will continue. Mr. Lanahan interviewed several people for this article who never earned a bachelor’s degree and who recently benefited in their jobs’ searches from the new trend. One gentleman […]
I’m not exactly sure how I was directed to the Higher Ed Works website. Once there, I was fascinated by the organization’s purpose (It’s a non-partisan 501(c)3 public charity that supports public higher education in North Carolina) as well as the quantity and quality of information on its website. Higher Ed Works publishes blog articles […]
Shortly after completing my recent post about Credential As You Go, I read an article about Education Quality Outcomes Standards or EQOS. EQOS is a non-profit organization that was recently acquired by another non-profit organization, Jobs for the Future. EQOS has established five key metrics of quality assurance that are: Learning Completion Placement Earnings Satisfaction […]
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By now, it’s likely that hundreds of millions of people around the globe have seen the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope. The pictures are impressive, yet the science behind the technology as well as the science involving the observations is incredible. The first picture that NASA showed the world at large is […]
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A recently published article about Microcredentials in University World News co-authored by Alejandro Caballero, Sean Gallagher, Hanne Shapiro, and Holly Zanville caught my attention for a number of reasons. In their article titled Microcredentials: A new category of education is rising, the authors note that “a globally accepted definition doesn’t exist yet” and “UNESCO, the European […]
When Robert Frost published his poem, Mending Wall, in 1914, the poet assumed the role of a New England farmer who was walking with his neighbor to repair the sections of the stone wall that fell between their two farms. The line “good fences make good neighbors” comes from his neighbor helping him repair the […]
Most of my blog posts are directed toward relevant topics in higher education, education technology, workforce development, and education in general. Occasionally, I post a few personal thoughts about my family or my new hometown of Austin, Texas. The headline of an article written by Emily Schmidt and published by the APM Research Lab in […]
I’ve been writing about alternative credentials for quite a while. An article that I wrote 10 years ago demonstrates that many of the issues related to credentials are still relevant today. A recently published article by Eduventures’ Senior Analyst Clint Raine titled Non-Degree Market Tension provides a nice sequel and update to what I wrote […]
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