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This tool can boost adult learners’ completion. What’s getting in its way?

University Business

Around eight in 10 institutions offer some form of credit for prior learning (CPL), which research from the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education suggests may increase the likelihood of college completion credentials.

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Undergraduate enrollment climbs for first time since the pandemic, despite freshmen drop-off

University Business

above 2021, according to preliminary data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Impressive enrollment rates at community colleges, undergraduate certificates and private for-profit universities (which experienced a 6.4% Undergraduate enrollment this fall has increased for the first time since the pandemic, 2.1%

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Coursera is Evolving into a Third-Wave EdTech Company

eLiterate

The Coursera platform, writ large , connects universities, learners, government agencies, megacorporations, and local employers. Nor have I seen much in the way of efficacy research coming out of the company (or out of its university partners but publicized by the company). I’m skeptical about the platform.

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

eLiterate

The editor, author, adopting teacher, instructional designer, cognitive science researcher, psychometrician, data scientist, and UX engineer may all work together to develop a unified vision for a product, but more often than not they are like the blind man and the elephant.