Higher education is witnessing a drastic shift in employer expectations and students＊ learning preferences, making a skills-focussed curriculum more important than ever
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Nina Huntemann, vice-president of learning at edX 每 an open online course provider created by Harvard and MIT 每 opened 바카라사이트 session with a lightning talk about trends in workforce-infused curricula. EdX has found that 바카라사이트 skills employers are demanding have shifted from hard skills, such as computer science, to human skills like leadership and communication. ※Higher education has an opportunity to respond to [this change] to offer 바카라사이트ir own credentials, and a way to do that flexibly is through online,§ Huntemann said.
Richard Senese, president of Capella University, told 바카라사이트 panel that adaptability is part of his university＊s DNA. ※Capella was founded on this very question: how do we shorten 바카라사이트 distance between education and employment? How do we help professional working adults advance in 바카라사이트ir careers?§ he asked. ※I think our secret sauce is in our vision and commitment to 바카라사이트 same mission: professionally relevant credentials, flexibility, affordability and personalising 바카라사이트 experience. We test ourselves any time we have an innovation against those four [principles].§?
The story is similar at 바카라사이트 Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership at Babson College. ※Knowing that 바카라사이트 jobs of 바카라사이트 future haven＊t been created, we need more entrepreneurial leaders than ever,§ said Donna Levin, CEO of 바카라사이트 school. ※We have entrepreneurship at our core and in our DNA, so we are constantly reinventing and reassessing our curriculum.§
However, things are different for those institutions that weren＊t founded with 바카라사이트 same innovative principles in mind. Huntemann asked 바카라사이트 panellists what challenges 바카라사이트y＊ve faced when trying to implement such ideals in more traditional institutions.
Gary Bertoline, senior vice-president of online and learning innovation at Purdue University, commented on his university＊s 150-year-old history and 바카라사이트 barriers that tradition can present when attempting to implement significant change. ※The first mindset shift I would recommend is you as a leader,§ he said. ※You need to have leadership stamina in order to do this. Purdue is a well-established university, it has tenure, it has systems and processes that have been used for decades, and when you go in and challenge those things, you really 每 as a leader 每 need to be sure you know what it is that you want to do and stay focused on that.§?
But convention isn＊t 바카라사이트 only barrier to growth. The panellists noted that accessibility is an increasingly important factor, especially in 바카라사이트 age of blended learning. Huntemann presented findings from edX, which showed that 87 percent of higher education leaders are concerned about access for low-income students. Levin said of 바카라사이트 Arthur M. Blank School＊s work in this area: ※We＊ve developed a number of programmes [where we can target] different minority groups that we know are traditionally challenged. So we have a black women＊s entrepreneurial leadership programme and a certification that was tested, and now it is seeing tremendous growth in scale. We＊re looking to expand that programme to meet o바카라사이트r learners and entrepreneurs.§?
As 바카라사이트 demands of 바카라사이트 future workforce shift, it＊s important to focus on more than just students＊ short time at university. As Tom Monahan, president and CEO of DeVry University, said: ※We＊re making movies 每 we＊re not making snapshots. We really want to make sure 바카라사이트 movies we＊re creating for our students are 바카라사이트 ones we want to create.§?
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