When work-based learning is integrated directly into coursework, students don't have to choose between learning and earning or between academic success and career readiness.
Students are investing in their futures. Colleges and universities must align curriculum with workforce realities and bring in outside expertise where it counts.
Institutions are discovering different ways to implement experiential learning to prepare the U.S. workforce for widescale technological transformations.
With recent college graduates entering one of the tightest job markets since the COVID outbreak, colleges and universities must find new ways to help students wow potential employers.
Indiana public universities plan to cut or merge about 400 degree programs under a new law requiring minimum graduate numbers. While state leaders say the goal is to meet workforce needs, faculty argue it threatens academic freedom and the value of a liberal arts education.
Over 700,000 certificates and associate's degrees will go un-earned every year until 2032, curbing American workers from maximizing their annual earnings, according to Georgetown University.
