higher education
How to Be Employable Forever
Education for the innovation economy is not just about knowledge and skill, it’s about mindset--collaborative, interdisciplinary, ethical, empathetic, entrepreneurial and global. Read more about Olin College, the most well-regarded engineering school in the world.
Helping Students Prepare for Their Futures with LinkedIn
LinkedIn has become an essential networking and professional development platform to use for the new global workforce.
Post-Secondary Preparation Through Guidance and Advisement
We all play a role in student success, meaning parents, teachers, counselors, advisors, and even peers. This factor alone is a key motivator of why advisory is so important and why it should be a priority in our schools. The methods we use to guide and advise our students are like puzzle pieces to their now and their future.
Gen Z and the Skills Gap
Dell Technologies recently surveyed high school and college students from around the globe about their views on technology and future careers. In this post, David Ross explores some of their findings.
Training Engineers to Spot Opportunity and Impact
The KEEN National Conference brings together a diverse group of higher education engineering faculty and leadership to explore how entrepreneurial mindsets can better prepare engineering students for the future of work. Learn more here.
Nine Faculty Trends to Watch in 2019
By: Eran Ben-Ari. In 2018 higher education’s attention was on student activism, debates about safe spaces, and the regulation of for-profit colleges. Faculty members were at the center of many of those conversations and Eran Ben-Ari, Top Hat’s Chief Product Officer, expects they will continue to be the hub of many of the trends emerging in 2019. To peek ahead, he presents nine faculty trends to watch in the coming year.
Rethinking the College Pipeline: Leading University Gains Youth Badging Platform
Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) and LRNG recently announced they're merging to "build a learning and workforce solution for cities and employers across the U.S." In this post, Tom explores what this means for the future of learning and work.
Business Schools and the Problem-Solving Skills Gap
By: Corey Phelps, Ph.D. Research on complex problem-solving shows it doesn’t come naturally for most people. Numerous cognitive biases trip us up. To overcome these biases and become better problem-solvers, we must be taught how to do it well.
What Should Graduates Know and Be Able to Do?
Tom sat down with Ken Kay, CEO of EdLeader21, to discuss community engagement and the role it plays in answering "What should grads know and be able to do?" Here's what he learned.
Cheating 2.0: How to Fight Back Against ‘Contract Cheating’
By: Dennis Pierce. Essay-writing and homework completion services are proliferating across the web. We should be teaching our students that this "contract cheating" is not a victimless crime, that not all students are doing it, that it’s not harmless, and that it’s not okay.