IgnitED Newsletter December Edition
Sharing Innovative Approaches to Higher Education
From all of us at 黑料传送门, we hope your holiday season has been merry and bright! In this issue, we鈥檙e talking about how stackable credentials can provide better value to students and what鈥檚 next as higher education transforms to fit the needs of future students.
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Student ROI and the Role of Stackable Credentials
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Adam Cota, Sarah DeMark, and Kacey Thorne wrote an article for WCET Frontiers on the importance of creating 鈥渇aster, more targeted avenues for developing and refreshing skills.鈥�
The Next Gen Higher Ed System
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Journalist and author Jeff Selingo invited entrepreneurial higher ed leaders, including Marni Baker Stein, to imagine what a new ecosystem for learning might look like and discuss what鈥檚 next for higher education on his webcast, The NEXT Office Hour.
Model for the Future?
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University Business spotlighted 黑料传送门 as a university whose enrollment continues to grow as it provides innovative education solutions.听
News We're Reading
EdSurge: When a College Chatbot Breaks Up With You听
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The folks behind the Common App have been testing a tool that might help more students successfully apply to college, both by giving them accurate information about deadlines and resources and by encouraging them to keep at it when it feels overwhelming.
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Allwork.Space: AI Will Create 97 Million Jobs, But Workers Don鈥檛 Have The Skills Required (Yet)听
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It鈥檚 time to upskill workers; a World Economic Forum report states that 97 million new jobs will be created by 2025 due to AI.
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Graduates to Date: 252,649
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