article thumbnail

4 reasons university and private training partnerships are accelerating

University Business

Schools are branding the training programs and offering them to adult and continuing education students through their catalog. According to research from University Professional and Continuing Education Association , institutions are reviewing their existing programs to tighten the pathway to certifications and jobs.

article thumbnail

How can America Encourage College Dropouts to Complete their Degrees

Edu Alliance Journal

Employers, government, and adults all believe it’s needed, and it has financial benefits for all. Yet nearly 40 million people from the age of 18-64 started higher education and did not complete one degree. Attendance at educational conferences (51%). Continuing education courses (50%). Higher Education.

article thumbnail

Teachers as Transformers

Confessions of a Community College Dean

To better understand how higher education got to where it is today, you might read Harvey J. Graff’s “ Lessons from the 1960s ,” a brief essay that looks back to that fateful and contentious decade for ideas about how we might reinvent higher education for the 21 st century.