The challenges facing higher education today are widely known, but no one really knows the future as technology reshapes how college courses are delivered, how effectively they teach, and who takes them at what cost. A panel at the Education Writers Association's recent conference in Chicago discussed...
I recently served on a panel at a meeting organized by the California Higher Education Innovation Council to look at "Alternative Credentials and Unbundling the Degree: Meeting Employer Needs or Short-Circuiting Proven Approaches?" Our panel was challenged beforehand by its moderator, Ryan Craig, to imagine how conditions had to change over the next decade...
Last month, John Paulson paid $400 million to rename the Harvard Engineering School. The gift represents a disappointing reality: rather than build the next generation of universities, today's billionaires are content to bolster a university system that isn't keeping pace with the demands of our economy or fulfilling its democratic promise.
The majority of people working in high-demand STEM jobs are male, an issue that has gained increasing attention as educators in higher ed and K-12 have increased their focus on attracting more women to high-demand majors like computer science. Let's face it: There's a general perception that programmers and their ilk are nerdy and socially awkward.
Credentialing has exploded in type and number in recent years, as job seekers earn a growing range of certificates, badges, experiential transcripts, industry certifications and licenses, in addition to traditional college degrees.
There's a crisis underway in American hospitals and clinics - the country faces a massive shortage of physicians as the population increases and grows older.
That crisis exists while the Hispanic and Latino population continues to grow, yet the number of Hispanic doctors...
Nine-figure financings in education are rare. So a few weeks ago when AltSchool announced it had raised $75M in Series B financing from Founders Fund and Mark Zuckerberg's foundation, along with $25M in venture debt, for a total of $100M, the entire education private sector...
Military veteran Justin Bowe is in high gear.
After serving in the Air Force for eight years, nine months and 20 days, Bowe is graduating from Arcadia University with a bachelor's in psychology and entering Gwynedd Mercy University's new Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program all in the same week.
Each spring, May 1st signals "decision day," the final date by which kids all over the country must lay down deposits to the college of their choice. But as the debate grows over the value of a four-year degree, how long will this tradition continue?
"Make learning more affordable and effective (and perhaps addictive) - Learn until you understand, not fail." Most of us involved in education, would generally agree with such overarching goals, right?
