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Course Sharing: Business Models and the Learning Ecosystem in Action

ACE — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 18:44:04 +0000

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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The Power of Data to Promote Equitable Higher Education Pathways

ACE — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 16:30:06 +0000

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

ACE — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 19:01:07 +0000

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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Bringing Jobs and Workers Together in the New Skills Economy

ACE — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 16:51:00 +0000

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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George Mason’s New Digital Technology Certification Is Preparing Today’s Grads for Tomorrow’s Economy

Laurie Arnston — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 17:50:43 +0000

The new digital technology credit at George Mason University, designed with detailed guidance from several major business in the Washington area, helps ensure that graduates will have skills and extensive knowledge in fields like statistics, data visualization, and cybersecurity. The credential reflects the growing demand from employers for graduates who are flexible and literate in technology. While George Mason is the ...

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“Learning by Doing” Through Apprenticeships and Flexible Completion Pathways

Laurie Arnston — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 18:25:43 +0000

By Louis Soares and Steven Taylor A competitive workforce and an innovative economy have always depended on a mix of formal postsecondary education and “learning by doing” in the workplace. The interchange of these two forms of learning builds skills and leads to discoveries that transform technologies, products, organizational processes, and markets. At certain times in economic history this mix has ...

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ACE at 100: Lifting Nontraditional Learners to Postsecondary Success

Laurie Arnston — Fri, 26 May 2017 16:39:15 +0000

By Jon Riskind As ACE prepares to celebrate its centennial in 2018, this is the first in an occasional series of posts that will look at how ACE initiatives have left an impression on the higher education landscape and impacted peoples’ lives. Pictured above: 2014 Student of the Year Jeffrey Gearhart with ACE President Molly Corbett Broad. Tara Turley, a single ...

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Morgan State University Paving the Way for Adult Learners Through CPL

Laurie Arnston — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 17:28:59 +0000

Research shows that adult learners are more likely to enroll in, persist in and complete postsecondary education programs when institutions recognize students’ previous experiences and grant credit for prior learning (CPL). With a boost from ACE’s Center for Education, Attainment and Innovation’s College and University Partnerships (CUP), Morgan State University, the largest historically black college and university in Maryland, is doing ...

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University of Memphis Program Helps Students Cross the Finish Line

Laurie Arnston — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 19:24:18 +0000

Many colleges and universities across the country are looking for effective ways to boost completion rates and help the millions nontraditional students who have some college credit but no degree. The University of Memphis Finish Line Program is an example of one initiative that has seen success with its efforts to reach out to students who have “stopped out,” abandoning their ...

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How to Navigate the Credentialing Maze

Laurie Arnston — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 15:33:03 +0000

ACE’s Louis Soares and Jason A. Tyszko of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation explore the work being undertaken by the Credential Transparency Initiative. This is part of Lumina Foundation’s National Dialogue on building a learning-based, student-centered credentialing system. Also related is a recent paper released by ACE on “Rethinking Credentialing.” Over the past decade, there has been a stunning increase ...

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Southern Utah University Program Saves Time & Tuition

Laurie Arnston — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 16:31:15 +0000

Southern Utah University (SUU) is hoping to save its students time and tuition spent on general education requirements through a specialized new program called Jumpstart GE. Jumpstart GE will launch this fall with an initial cohort of 50 freshmen, who will register for the same 17 credits per semester, cutting general education requirements down to one year instead of the typical ...

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UMass Attracts Community College Honors Students With New Scholarship

Laurie Arnston — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 13:24:00 +0000

The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) has launched a new scholarship program designed to encourage top students from the commonwealth’s community colleges to finish their bachelor’s degrees. Honors-to-Honors is UMass’s first scholarship program specifically for transfer honors students. The scholarship will expand on the work of MassTransfer, an initiative to encourage students to take advantage of community college’s lower costs before ...

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