attainment & innovation Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/attainment-innovation/ A Blog by ACE Mon, 12 Feb 2024 20:47:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.higheredtoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/apple-touch-icon-150x150.png attainment & innovation Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/attainment-innovation/ 32 32 Course Sharing: Business Models and the Learning Ecosystem in Action https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/08/10/course-sharing-business-models-and-the-learning-ecosystem-in-action/ Thu, 10 Aug 2023 18:44:04 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17994 Read the third piece in a series focused on exploring the concept of a postsecondary learning ecosystem—one that includes not only traditional higher education institutions but also alternative providers that connect learners to the labor market.

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]]> Reimagining Higher Education: A New Campus in Colorado, Open to Everyone https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/07/06/reimagining-higher-education-a-new-campus-in-colorado-open-to-everyone/ Thu, 06 Jul 2023 19:24:15 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17975 The fact that Colorado is among the top states in the country in the percentage of adults who have completed at least a bachelor’s degree is a great bragging point for educators and boosters of our communities. But it’s also misleading. The truth is that our state and its economy benefit from the considerable number of people who come here for ...

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]]> The Power of Data to Promote Equitable Higher Education Pathways https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/06/12/the-power-of-data-to-promote-equitable-higher-education-pathways/ Mon, 12 Jun 2023 16:30:06 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17963 The higher education landscape in the United States consists of over one million credentials offered by more than 60,000 providers. While these options hold the promise of increasing access to postsecondary education, pathways built from a mix of credentials can be confusing. A new report from Credential Engine's Equity Advisory Council aims to help.    

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]]> Mapping the Ecosystem of Alternative Postsecondary Education Providers https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/03/22/mapping-the-ecosystem-of-alternative-postsecondary-education-providers/ Wed, 22 Mar 2023 19:01:07 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17917 For the past three centuries, slowness has been a feature of American higher education, not a bug. The deliberate pace of knowledge generation, the time-consuming process of peer review, and the glacial rate at which new knowledge is integrated into the curriculum all reflect a respect for truth over expediency. But over the last two decades, U.S. colleges and universities have ...

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]]> Working Learners and Work Colleges: Innovating at the Intersection of Education and Life https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/12/13/working-learners-and-work-colleges-innovating-at-the-intersection-of-education-and-life/ Tue, 13 Dec 2022 20:06:25 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17884 “Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next.” —Arundhati RoyFinancial Times, April 3, 2020 In the early months of COVID-19, novelist Arundhati Roy suggested that the trauma and tragedy of the pandemic could be the gateway to ...

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]]> Redefining Prestige https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/11/21/redefining-prestige/ Mon, 21 Nov 2022 14:39:49 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17878 Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has laid out plans to hold higher education more accountable for student success. We owe it to our students—and ourselves—to embrace his vision. Nearly six in 10 students who attend the University of La Verne identify as Hispanic, half of our undergraduates are low-income students, and more than 40 percent are the first in their families to ...

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]]> Helping Students Explore Transfer: How Phi Theta Kappa’s Transfer Honor Roll Can Help https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/03/18/helping-students-explore-transfer-how-phi-theta-kappas-transfer-honor-roll-can-help/ Fri, 18 Mar 2022 18:52:32 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17769 By Lynn Tincher-Ladner and Dan Phelan  Recently, the Joint Statement on Transfer and Award of Credit was updated for the first time since 2017, part of the work of the ACE National Task Force on the Transfer and Award of Credit. The statement, revised by ACE, the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, and the Council for Higher Education ...

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]]> Smith College Replaces Student Loans With Grants, Making Access and Equity a Priority https://www.higheredtoday.org/2021/10/26/smith-college-replaces-student-loans-with-grants/ Tue, 26 Oct 2021 19:07:45 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17689 By Kathleen McCartney Last week marked one of the most moving moments of my higher education career. With the enthusiastic support of our board of trustees, Smith College announced the elimination of loans from our financial aid packages. Beginning in fall 2022, Smith will replace federal loans with institutional grants for all current and future undergraduates. As a first-generation college student, ...

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]]> How Centering Learner Success Helped Us Face a Year in Flux https://www.higheredtoday.org/2021/10/13/how-centering-learner-success-helped-us-face-a-year-in-flux/ Wed, 13 Oct 2021 19:24:12 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17678 By Lindsey P. Myers While launching a new program requires a great deal of thinking and planning, few would have imagined the sudden emergence of the global pandemic that upended all our well laid plans in 2020 and 2021. Fortunately, the inaugural cohort of the ACE Learner Success Lab (LSL) not only pivoted successfully to a virtual environment, but learned to ...

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]]> Veterans Need Colleges to Keep Some Pandemic-Driven Changes https://www.higheredtoday.org/2021/09/27/veterans-need-colleges-to-keep-some-pandemic-driven-changes/ Mon, 27 Sep 2021 18:21:12 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17658 By Ryan Pavel and Amy Bernard The flexibility that colleges and universities introduced during the pandemic provided an unexpected benefit for student veterans, and those improvements shouldn’t be thrown out if and when the world can go back to normal. Student veterans in general have an even greater need for flexibility than traditional students do. Veterans are more likely to be ...

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]]> Virtual Learning Can Be a Gateway to Increasing Equity in Higher Education https://www.higheredtoday.org/2021/09/08/virtual-learning-can-gateway-increasing-equity-higher-education/ Wed, 08 Sep 2021 17:52:00 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=17636 By Joseph I. Castro When an entire nation of college students suddenly found themselves faced with the reality of closed campuses in spring 2020, the disruption caused by the abrupt pivot to learning in an environment without classroom instruction was daunting. What followed, however, would be more than a year of resilience, adaptability, and resolve demonstrated by students, faculty, and staff ...

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]]> Bringing Jobs and Workers Together in the New Skills Economy https://www.higheredtoday.org/2021/07/19/bringing-jobs-workers-together-new-skills-economy/ Mon, 19 Jul 2021 16:51:00 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=17614 By Louis Soares and Amber Garrison Duncan There are nearly 1 million unique credentials offered in the United States, including certificates, micro-credentials, badges, and certifications in addition to traditional degrees. Yet learners are struggling to find pathways to economic mobility in a labor market that still values four-year degrees: Approximately 70 million adults have the skills to do middle- and high-wage ...

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