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

University Business

However, similar to how online degrees were perceived two decades ago, some are critical about the quality of non-degree programs, despite a lack of evidence to support a systematic problem,” said Jim Fong, Chief Research Officer at UPCEA. They are more of a supplement than a replacement.

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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

EAB

The culminating experience for the EAB Rising Higher Education Leaders Fellowship was the capstone project that substantively contributed to the fellows’ professional advancement and helped solve a pressing challenge facing their home institutions. In many cases, partners jointly completed a project that benefitted both institutions.

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To Weather the Storms of Higher Education, Remember Why You’re There

Supporting Student Success

In creating that website , I recognized my passion for education lies in missed opportunities I saw in my own life. He achieved this with a technical degree and lots of continuing education. The second woman who contributed to my passion for continued education is my Tootie, my “other mother.” Dr. Cali M.K.

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Strategic Adaptation in Higher Education: Navigating 2024 and Beyond: Embracing Transformation and Resilience in Higher Education Business Models

The Change Leader, Inc.

These range from physical resources, like real estate and facilities, to intellectual property and research capabilities. The failure to leverage these assets effectively has resulted in missed opportunities for revenue diversification and has weakened the institutions’ ability to invest in their core mission of education and research.

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Costs and Benefits of Adding 30-units to Accounting Students' Requirements for Licensure as a CPA

Higher Ed Ethics Watch

Recent changes in the laws in many states have moved to a bifurcated system in which students must have 120 credit hours of college education to sit for the CPA exam and 150 credit hours (225 for quarter schools) to be licensed as a CPA. Future Research. Perhaps a double major—Accounting and Information Technology—is the answer.

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Student Lifecycle Strategies for Enrollment and Retention: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 150 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Amrit Ahluwalia

The Change Leader, Inc.

But higher ed has unfortunately created an environment that does not necessarily reward faculty for their capacity to develop and maintain relationships with students. Some schools have, like Arizona State with its vertical research track, vertical teaching track, and continuing education lifelong learning track.