Professional, Continuing and Online Education Update by UPCEA

Professional, Continuing, and Online Education Update by UPCEA

Imagine We Are Starting a University Now - Ray Schroeder, Inside Higher Ed

In so very many ways, we in higher education have fallen behind business, industry, governments and society as a whole. We are offering programs and products that may have been relevant 50 or a hundred years ago but are not in touch with the society of the fourth industrial revolution. Imagine for a moment that we are creating a university anew in 2022. What would we change? What would we retain? How would it differ from what students, faculty and staff currently experience? Within some broad topical areas, here are starting points for the discussion.

https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/blogs/online-trending-now/imagine-we-are-starting-university-now

We need an open dialogue on global research engagement - Tommy Shih, University World News

The term ‘ivory tower’ has been frequently used by politicians, researchers and other opinion leaders to represent the introversion of science. However, today scientific research is seen as an integral part of our approach to addressing global challenges related to climate, environment, health, energy and food production. While many of these challenges are growing in magnitude, international collaboration is also being hampered, despite being a basic precondition for finding and implementing solutions to shared global problems. Research conducted at universities is today increasingly seen by politicians as a national resource, but it is in practice a global project. How can it be a force that contributes to solving global challenges if it is seen as a national resource that needs to be protected?

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20220909104103301

9 Ways To Improve College Grad Work Readiness - Brandon Busteed, Forbes

Doubts about the work readiness of college graduates run rampant in the U.S. Mixed in with rising college costs and growing college alternatives, these work readiness doubts have created a new generation of college shopper among prospective students and parents: the ROI generation. The ROI (return on investment) generation is asking tough questions of colleges and universities about career outcomes and they are prompting many higher ed leaders to create intentional and scalable initiatives to improve career readiness and outcomes for students. Here are nine immediate steps university leaders can take - see link below.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brandonbusteed/2022/07/27/9-ways-to-improve-college-grad-work-readiness/?sh=51ac7d4a1186

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