By Mary Gwen Wheeler - EvoLLLution. There are correlations between higher education levels and everything from higher wages, median income, better health outcomes and more civic engagements. All of those things really matter and, in an economic development scheme of things, higher education translates to better wages and a better talent pool to be able to attract employers. More...

By Susan Kryczka - EvoLLLution. In 2012, over 7.1 million students enrolled in higher education institutions were taking at least one online course, and this number is expected to continue to grow. Much of this growth can be attributed to students whose personal and professional lives prevent them from completing all of their course work on campus. More...

By David Collis - EvoLLLution. CE units can be described as successful from any number of different viewpoints, including mission advancement, a sound financial bottom line, achievement of academic learning outcomes, gainful employment, and adult learner transformation. Most higher education CE units lie embedded within a higher education institution (HEI) which might be public or private, two-year or four-year, and profit or not-for-profit (taxpaying or non-taxpaying). More...

By David Collis - EvoLLLution. The more interesting thing around technology is around the educational pedagogical process that’s happening. At Harvard now, in the undergraduate courses, [we’re looking at] the notion of flipped classrooms, of gamification, of trying to build or take into account different learning styles and have course materials adapted to different learning styles. All of those things are enabled by technology in a way that probably wasn’t true even a decade ago. The bigger impact of technology going forward potentially is on the educational pedagogical side, not so much the administrative side. We are going to see very different courses and pedagogies employed even in the classic liberal arts school as they take advantage of some of the new technologies. More...

By Mark Patterson - EvoLLLution. It does take community to address some of our larger social challenges, youth unemployment, unemployment and immigrant employment in particular. It’s something that needs to be looked at by all the different parties in our society. More...