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A Post-COVID 19 Higher Education Renaissance
When thinking about a prediction for the next year given all that has been happening in higher education in terms of the fiscal struggles, affordability concerns, the state of public confidence and a changing education marketplace, I find it a bit difficult to focus on one...
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Benefits of Career and Technical Education
For students to succeed in an ever-changing workforce they must be ready for a long-term career. Many students decide going to college after graduating high school is the best path for the career they want. For others, college may not be ideal...
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The Benefits of an Educated Workforce
A business can have the best products, even the most cutting-edge technology, but without a well-trained, and well-educated workforce, the company may not thrive. Today, a well-educated workforce with skilled employees makes businesses more competitive and productive.
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Innovation is a hot topic in higher education today as colleges and universities continue to search for the silver bullet for student success, an acknowledgment that the way they are currently doing business is not working.
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Let’s Change the IT Conversation from Projects to Products
Many innovation methods adopt, at least implicitly, a product mindset. Product thinking is core to a focus on the customer (or client, end user, or other term of choice for those your organization serves), whether we describe our intended outcome as a product, service, or experience. The core skill of product thinking is empathy with the customer, or seeing the world from the customer’s viewpoint. Innovation practices that employ design thinking are therefore rife with concepts such as identifying the “true job” the customer needs performed, defining value from the customer’s viewpoint, discovering the “minimal viable product” that will meet these requirements, and designing a total “customer experience.”
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Distance Learning Update: What's Mobile Got To Do With It?
Distance learning continues to grow rapidly in higher education and in corporate training environments. Colleges and universities continue to experience increasing online course enrollments, even in the face of declining overall campus enrollments
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