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3 Practices to Increase Student Belonging in Higher Education

One benefit of being part of the College Innovation Network (CIN) is ...

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M&A Moves: DC-based college and career readiness platform MajorClarity acquired by Paper

Paper, an online learning company, acquired the DC-based career and....

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Microcredential Micro-Guide for Higher Education Leaders: Identifying Key Tenets and Types of Programs

Microcredential implementations are rising across the U.S. Over one ....

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Health care and tech jobs on the rise in rural northwest

Half of all job postings in rural Washington are in health care, and....

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The New Industry Standards on Competency-Based Education: What Questions Should You Be Asking?

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Using AI to Drive Alumni Engagement

Alumni giving accounts for approximately 23% of fundraising for ...

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Education in Prisons: Overcoming barriers to high-quality prison education

The U.S. incarceration rate, which has more than quadrupled to over two

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The Underutilized Career Center Resource: Alumni

When students graduate from college, we hope they will leave not only...

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InScribe and MindEdge Create Innovative New Paths for Student Engagement and Support Within Digital Courseware Experience

Interactive Spaces Expand Opportunities for Learners to Connect ...

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The Relevancy of Competency-Based Education

For decades, calls to transform education have revolved around a few...

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Workforce options have changed in rural areas since the pandemic

Western Governors University recently concluded a study which delved ...

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WGU Report: Health Care Job Postings Still Dominate the Rural Pacific Northwest and Mountain West; The Number of Rural Stem Positions Is Significantly Rising

Western Governors University’s Northwest Regional team, in partnership..

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WGU Report: Health Care Job Postings Still Dominate the Rural Pacific Northwest and Mountain West; The Number of Rural Stem Positions Is Significantly Rising

Study examined the rural regions’ workforce trends as they experienced..

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Shifting Winds: Examining Employment Trends in Rural Northwest Regions

In the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West, the rural community is...

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Paper™ acquires MajorClarity to Create a Comprehensive Career & College Readiness Platform

Paper™, the leading Educational Support System (ESS), today announced ..

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The Job: More Stability for Nurses

Nursing colleges transition to competency-based education, which ...

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Emergency Grants Help Students Stay in College

Financial concerns continue to be a leading cause of why students are...

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ASC Receives $750k Grant to Establish Emergency Funds for AmeriCorps Members

The grant builds on a pilot project over the past two years that the ...

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GoCoach Relaunches as SkillCycle to Address Large Gap in HR Tech Landscape

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New year, same challenge: 3 ways to increase belonging and engagement in 2023

As higher ed administrators, faculty, and other stakeholders settle ....

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WGU's College of Information Technology Adopts InScribe's Digital Community Platform, Empowering Online Students to Connect, Share, and Problem Solve

InScribe, which delivers game-changing digital community solutions...

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Why Competency Based Education?

Education has no shortage of challenges. The quality of education—...

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Higher ed has 7 ‘wicked’ problems. Here’s how leaders can solve them

What is a “wicked problem”? When it comes to higher ed, they are ...

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Solving Higher Education's Wicked Problems

WGU Labs End of Year Impact Report 2022

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The Biggest Challenges Facing Higher Education Are Those of Student Belonging. EdTech Can Help.

Going to college symbolizes so much more than access to a quality ...