What’s so amazing about Lassonde Studios at the University of Utah that everyone’s clamoring to be a part? On a recent episode of Enrollment Growth University, I got to talk to Troy D’Ambrosio, Assistant Dean of the David Eccles School of Business and Executive Director of the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the University of […]
Does your university have an enrollment strategy for Africa? Reported by Inside Higher Ed, many colleges and universities aren’t considering how important Africa will be as a political, economic, and enrollment player in the future. On track to double the continent’s population by 2050, at which point 25% of the world will be African, very […]
Students with a growth mindset are getting better grades. Reported by Inside Higher Ed, a recent study by the Center for Community College Student Engagements shows that students who think they can improve their intelligence in a particular course do indeed go ahead and do so. This is a remarkable insight regarding the power of […]
What will autonomous vehicles mean for higher ed? Reported by EdSurge, while a bachelor’s degree in Tesla may not yet be on the horizon, the autonomous vehicle industry is absolutely going to influence higher ed degree programs in the near future. From math and computer science, to robotics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, a big-picture […]
Should higher ed degree programs incorporate additional skills credentials and certifications within them employers are specifically looking for? Dr. Michelle Marks, Vice President for Academic Innovation and New Ventures at George Mason University joined the podcast to talk about their new cloud computing degree in partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Northern Virginia Community […]
Where do College Board and ACT live in a test-optional world? Reported by EdSurge, with more and more institutions going test-optional in their admission requirements, the College Board, which runs the SAT, and ACT are trying to carve out new positionings away from single-test score assessments (that may not be powerful indicators of success) toward […]
Would competency-based hiring put competency-based learning back in the spotlight? Reported by EdSurge, more and more HR managers are exploring and championing this concept of competency-based or skills-based hiring. And this could move us away from the degree being the primary signal of a new candidate’s talent, and more toward skills alignment to a company […]
Boston University is halving the cost of their online MBA through a partnership with EdX. Reported by Inside Higher Ed, the new MOOC version of their master’s in business administration through EdX has a sticker price of $24,000, less than half of their traditional MBA. The takeaway? BU is counting on the potential scalability of […]
Is Amazon going to “educate” 100,000 of their employees, or merely “retrain” them? Reported by Inside Higher Ed, Amazon announced they will spend $700 million dollars over the next six years retraining their frontline workers whose positions may be eliminated by automation. But should we consider this re-training to also be educating? Or will Amazon […]
Will employers solve the skills vs. degrees debate? Reported by Inside Higher Ed, more and more large companies like Apple and Google are starting to post job descriptions for technical positions where they do not require a college degree. But the vast majority? They still do. The takeaway? Until employers decide to forgo the degree […]