Post-Secondary
Post-secondary is a shifting space — four year degrees may not always be the fit and new alternatives are being created at an alarming rate. This topic encompasses everything from higher ed to adult learning and workforce pipelines and development.
Fostering an Entrepreneurial Mindset in Engineers
The infusion of entrepreneurship into engineering programs at Lawrence Tech, Detroit, was supported by a grant from the Kern Family Foundation. According to Jim Rahn, president of the foundation, said Lawrence Tech “really embraced the program making it mission central.” Their goal is to prepare students “not only to compete within an industry but to lead it.”
Preparing for the Future
The future of education will be on display next week in Arizona, at the Education Innovation Summit. There will be a wide range of speakers and panel discussions, which I am really looking forward to hearing.
Powering Lifelong Learning Relationships
We give lip service to the idea of lifelong learning but I don’t see an organization really executing against the idea. That’s about to change.
Review of HigherEd Adaptive Learning Products
Last week we reviewed an EdGrowth white paper, A Case for Accelerating Adaptive Learning in HigherEd. Yesterday EdGrowth released a second paper that includes 8 profiles of adaptive learning providers.
Striving and Springing to College
Two remarkable young men realized in college that they had been fortunate in their college preparation, selection, and attendance. The both decided to do something about it. They organized nonprofits and stepped into the CEO role when the graduated.
Review: A Case for Accelerating Adaptive Learning in HigherEd
Learning to Adapt: A Case for Accelerating Adaptive Learning in Higher Education, published by Education Growth Advisors, makes the case for learning software that automatically adjusts to student levels.
An Avalanche of Change is Coming in Higher Ed
Pearson's senior academic team led by Michael Barber said an avalanche is headed for higher education and "all players in the system to act boldly." An Avalanche is Coming: Higher education and the revolution ahead outlines the challenges and makes recommendations for consumers, institutions and governments.
Freemium U
Scott Hines is the president of World Education University (WEU). He's also mayor of the city of Rancho Mirage, CA. While this may turn out to be University Mirage, you should pay attention to this business model.
Infographic: The Future of Higher Education
This week, like so many lately, our team thought a lot about how to transform the higher ed learning experience. Like this infographic, we believe the landscape will change drastically in the next few years.
Next Generation Professional Training, Blending For-Me & For-Degree
Combining the benefits of anywhere, anytime interest-driven learning with standards-based learning is the design opportunity of our time. The explosion of anytime, anywhere learning is making new thought experiments possible. Even in professional education resulting in certification, it is possible to create pathways that are more active and work-based with more just-in-time learning rather than just-in-case learning.