Shifting towards personalized pathways can enable institutions to better equip students with the skills needed in the workforce and prepare them for real-world opportunities and challenges they may face.
Recognizing that alumni are not mere one-time customers, but ongoing beneficiaries in need of support long after the first graduation holds the potential to transform both the higher education and workforce landscapes.
Institutions today are seeking to become leaner operationally while growing their revenue, and they're improving tech infrastructure to reap big rewards for the years to come, according to BDO's latest survey.
The American Federation of Teachers has found that more than a quarter of contingent faculty (28%) make below the federal poverty line for a family of four annually.
Some policy pushes have enjoyed bipartisan support, such as addressing hazing on college campuses. Others, however, have been more aligned across political lines, like dismantling DEI.
Colleges striving to create career-conscious students are faltering, and all stakeholders are responsible, according to a whitepaper by WGU Labs, an affiliate of Western Governors University working to improve student outcomes.
With rising student demand and workforce prowess, degrees embracing these digital STEM fields can reap high enrollment and grant impressive ROI. Some institutions have already adopted it into their longstanding programs this year.
One recent initiative might be the most expansive as it attempts to put multiple sectors on the same page to ensure their trust and quality across K12, higher education and third-party providers. 1EdTech TrustEd aims to develop a framework of trustworthy, verifiable micro-credentials that operate across various networks with ease.
The authors of the study, published on ScienceAdvances, believe the evidence suggests higher education's current workplace climate possesses "dysfunctional leadership" and lends itself toward harassment and discrimination.
Incubator programming helps students gain entrepreneurial skills and face new career opportunities and provides business partners with pools of future employees that have the skills and expertise they are looking for in new hires.
