By Steven Mintz. Certificates or industry certifications are no longer just for those with only a high school degree. Growing numbers of students at four-year institutions and post-bacs are acquiring certificates, badges, MicroMasters, and nanodegrees – often at great expense – to upgrade their skills, enter a new field, or bolster their competitiveness in the job market. Read more...

By Steven Mintz. New kinds of transcripts are all the rage. With assistance from the Lumina Foundation and the support of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, various institutions are experimenting with transcripts that provide a more comprehensive record of a student’s accomplishments and proficiencies as a better way to demonstrate the value of a higher education to parents, business, and government. Read more...

By Steven Mintz. The desirability of establishing a third space within a university.
No critic would include the 2006 campus comedy Accepted in the pantheon of classic college movies. Read more...

By Michael Patrick Rutter. Insights and engagement.
What’s in and what’s out. What moved the media. Top tweets and posts. Videos that went viral. Future trends. Read more...

By Thomas Carey. I was in several meetings last month with groups of higher education Vice-Presidents with oversight for teaching and learning, where the topics of discussion included the increasingly dynamic knowledge environment which our graduates are facing. Read more...