By Elizabeth Matthews - EvoLLLution. Designing effective programs for working adults requires institutions to tailor offerings, credentialing and support to meet the unique and specific needs of the demographic.
Working adults continue to encompass a significant share of the college student demographic. Working students often juggle family and personal responsibilities while attaining higher education. Fortunately, many colleges and universities are committed to increasing college access to wider ranges of prospective students via offering flexible course scheduling, online courses and programs as well as alternative methods of earning college credit. More...
The Potential for Stackable Credentials: In The Trenches
By John Bowers - EvoLLLution. Stackable credentials have transformed the way some institutions look at workforce preparation and program design, but more needs to change at the four-year and governmental level for this programs to be truly impactful. More...
The Interstate Passport: Improving the Transfer Intersection on the Road to a Four-Year Degree
Competency-Based Education Model Benefits Faculty As Well As Students
By Michelle Solér - EvoLLLution. Competency-based education transforms the faculty role but could allow for specialization and personalized support than ensures a more rigorous and customized educational experience for students. More...
Local Pathways over National Frameworks: Strengthening Competency-Based Education
By Elizabeth Davidson - EvoLLLution. By focusing on local and regional partnerships, rather than on trying to construct overarching national frameworks, higher education leaders can create impactful programs that create positive outcomes for their students more quickly. More...
Specialists Central to High-Quality, Engaging Online Programming
By Daniel Christian - EvoLLLution. By building and growing the skillsets of instructional teams, and bringing in instructional designers specifically focused on developing online content, institutions can develop academic programs that meet the expectations of today’s students. More...
Surveying the Road Ahead for American Medical Schools
By Larry Gruppen - EvoLLLution. Adapting an already crowded curriculum to ensure students are learning critical skills while ensuring programming is affordable and outcomes-oriented are among the challenges facing medical educators today. More...
Leading with Coaching Competencies to Inspire Teaching Excellence
By Grady Batchelor - EvoLLLution. Developing a coaching and mentoring program for institutional faculty ensures that postsecondary educators will have the skills and support necessary to deliver highly engaging learning experiences for today’s students. More...
The Secret Sauce of Engagement: Creating Successful Online Programs
By Allison Rossett - EvoLLLution. Colleges and universities across the world have started to look to online courses and programs as a mechanism to create greater access to offerings for prospective students, and the modality has grown spectacularly in popularity over the past decade. More...
The Purpose and Perception of Non-Skill College Degrees
By Samantha Stauf - EvoLLLution. By focusing more on skill development in the humanities, colleges and universities can overcome many of the criticisms they face about these graduates being unprepared to enter the workforce. More...