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Why longer lives require relevant, accessible curricula throughout long careers (opinion)
November 16, 2018
A 100-year life requires a 60-year curriculum, writes Rovy Branon.
Big data, AI prompt major expansions at UC Berkeley and MIT
November 2, 2018
As reach of big data and AI grows, UC Berkeley and Massachusetts Institute of Technology unveil plans for major expansions.
How to adapt the German apprenticeship model to work best in the U.S.
March 27, 2018
The German apprenticeship model offers many valuable lessons but must be adapted to be successful in the U.S., writes Thomas Lichtenberger.
Boot-camp sector keeps growing while influencing traditional higher education
January 31, 2018
Skills boot camps continue to grow and diversify despite wave of consolidation, while traditional higher education increasingly absorbs aspects of the short-term training model.
Essay on how coding boot camps are an add-on to a college degree
August 29, 2017
Coding boot camps act as an auxiliary to a college education, not as an alternative, and they use advertising and intensive admissions processes to find students who succeed, write Quinn Burke, Louise Ann Lyon and James Bowring.
Udacity and boot camps offer money-back guarantees for job placement
November 29, 2016
Udacity and some boot camps offer money-back guarantees despite state bans on job-placement promises in higher education. But some say the offers are a form of risk sharing worth considering.
Competency-based education's business model offers promise, report finds
October 18, 2016
Competency-based education can save money for colleges and students, a new report finds, but the efficiency gains won't come easily or without worries about the impact on academic quality.
Essay on flawed assumptions behind digital badging and alternative credentialing
September 22, 2016
Proponents of digital badges and alternative credentials have valuable goals, writes Colin Mathews, but are pushing a universal language of credentialing that is unnecessary and unfair.
Traditional colleges enter the coding boot camp market
August 10, 2016
Traditional colleges including Northeastern University and Bellevue College are entering the coding boot camp market by partnering with boot camp providers or by creating their own programs.
Digital badging spreads as more colleges use vendors to create alternative credentials
August 9, 2016
More colleges are issuing digital badges to help their students display skills to employers or graduate programs, and colleges are tapping vendor platforms to create a verified form of the alternative credentials.

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