Associate degrees and high-quality certificates help America retool for the changing economy
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Why Higher Education System Redesign—and the Credentialing Framework that Supports It—Matters
Lumina President Jamie Merisotis delivered the opening keynote speech at the 9th Annual President’s Forum, “Debt and Disillusionment: Extending the Economic Advantages of Online Learning.” He emphasized the importance of serving more students through a new system of credentials that assures that high-quality learning is recognized and rewarded. He said, “the shift to a learning-based, flexible, stackable credentialing system has been little more than an intriguing idea for a long time. But it is now an idea whose time has come.” Read more »
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Students Rising
With a targeted, collective voice, we know that students can actively move the needle toward the Big Goal. In November, we hosted a two-day workshop for more than 40 students and student advocates with the goal of developing a student-centered education platform.
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Meeting Your State’s Potential: The Role of Student Information Web Portals in Increasing Student Success
The Internet has emerged as one of the academy’s best and most important tools for engaging and recruiting students. Colleges and universities have invested millions of dollars and person-hours into making their websites appealing and helpful for potential and current students. In the past decade these sites have provided increased access accurate and timely information students and their parents need to get to and through that particular college. More »
