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How Data Drives Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

ESOL is housed in the school’s Adult Continuing Education (ACE) division. As an example, community healthcare training, a workforce training program for entry-level frontline workers, earns its students nine credits toward a public health degree at LaGuardia.

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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.

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Why higher ed needs to get on board with micro-credentials

University Business

University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) and edtech company Collegis partnered for this study, which reflects the opinions of 514 employers from different organizations. The majority worked in finance (14%), followed by healthcare (13%) and manufacturing (12%).

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This for-profit college has 3 tips to improve your students’ ROI

University Business

ACE is an accredited online private university offering non-degree certificates, continuing education programs and undergraduate and graduate degrees. Known for its affordable tuition, its master’s degrees and professional doctorates in education cost less than $10,000 and $24,000, respectively.

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The Value of Micro-Credentials for Higher Ed Institutions: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 154 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Matt Frank

The Change Leader, Inc.

We’re utilizing the tools and skills we’ve learned through continuing education programs, non-degree certificate programs, or credentialing programs because they’re practical, and they’re directly applicable to the rules that we have today. And it’s highly focused on technology.

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How Post University’s Career Readiness Model Can Help Not-For-Profit Universities and Graduates: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 172 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Camille Dumont

The Change Leader, Inc.

She successfully transferred the skills she learned in the hotel industry to the healthcare industry and now to higher ed, where she works in Career Services. So, I started to do some networking and ultimately got an opportunity with a healthcare organization out in Queens and Long Island. I was a healthcare administrator.

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EdTech Malaise: “He Not Busy Born is Busy Dying”

eLiterate

As universities realize that traditional enrollments may be harder to reach, I’m hearing a lot more talk about competency-based education (CBE), micro-credentials, and aligning education with skills, and work. Will the continuous education approach be taken up more broadly by a wider range of industries?