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It’s Time to Digitally Transform Community College

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With an uncertain fall and a deep economic downturn, many believe two-year colleges may be the best answer to meeting the higher education needs of both traditional and non-traditional students and workers looking to learn new skills. But are community colleges ready for this digital transformation? Department of Education data.

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To Better Serve Adult Learners, Eliminate the Barriers Between Work and Learning

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Department of Education forecasts that by 2027, postsecondary enrollment among adults will grow by just 1 percent, compared to a 5 percent growth rate for more traditionally-aged students. In a tight economy, many major employers are launching or expanding “ education as benefit ” strategies to retain and develop their workforces.

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The Beginning of a New Era in the Online Degree Market

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The online degree market has been one of the fastest-growing and most resilient segments of American higher education over the last two decades. Today, more than three million students pursue higher education fully online, representing a $20-billion market. According to U.S.

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MIT Starts University Group to Build New Digital Credential System

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The tentative title for the project is the Digital Credentials Initiative , and the goal is to gather technology leaders from a collection of universities to create an infrastructure to issue and display digital credentials. Others have expressed concern over patents owned by companies for digital credential systems.

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The Microlearning Moment in Workplace Learning

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Just as formal education systems made a dramatic shift to digital since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, on-the-job training is changing as well. The same forces that transformed classrooms have accelerated the adoption of more digital learning in workplace training—advancing a trend that was already underway.

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What I Learned On My ‘Secret Sabbatical’ As a Scholar-in-Residence at a Private Company

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Last fall I started my first day on the job as an embedded faculty member with a corporation—as a scholar-in-residence at Steelcase Education. I’ve kept my eyes open, taken a notebook full of notes, and spent time every day processing what I was seeing and speculating about how the best things I saw might function in higher education.

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Higher Education Joins the Blockchain Party

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And lately, the topic has made its way into discussions around digital credentials in higher education. He pointed out that anyone may put false information—like a degree or digital badge—on their LinkedIn profile. Krishnan said she thinks students are keen on the idea.