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October 12 Webinar: Build Flexible, Inclusive Upskilling Programs That Work
Community college enrollments are down across the country, and ESL programs are no exception. Meanwhile, in less than seven years, 97% of net workforce growth will be immigrants and their children....
Learn MoreMicrocourse: Roadmaps to Success - Understanding and Serving your Adult Learners
Why this course? Adult learners are the new “normal” students, but many postsecondary systems are not optimized to serve their unique needs. This self-paced one-hour microcourse is designed to build...
Learn MoreSept 27: Revitalizing Hawai’i’s Economy and Communities by Upskilling the Workforce
View the recording of Dr. Dan Doerger, Director of Workforce Innovation and Kristin O'Bannon, a Senior Solutions Marketing Manager, as they share the transformative Good Jobs Hawai'i Initiative. In...
Read MoreSeptember 21: Choose Your Own Hybridventure: An Interactive Webinar on Multimodal Course Design and Facilitation Support
View the archived webinar on multimodal courses. Multimodal courses are courses which use both synchronous and asynchronous modes of instruction and present unique opportunities for course design,...
Read MoreAugust 17: Maximizing Adult Learner Recruitment through Workforce System Partnerships
When it comes to driving student recruitment, Higher Education has a key partner in the community: the workforce development system. Through close collaboration, alignment of skills training, and...
Read MoreAugust 3: How They Pay: The Voices of Adult Learners on College Affordability, and How Institutions Are Responding
Affordability is central to adult learners’ academic success, and money is one of the primary reasons why adult learners stop out before they graduate. CAEL’s latest report How They Pay: The Voices...
Read MoreJuly 13: The Building Blocks of a Digital Credentialing Program
Building a credentialing program can have many layers, especially at the earlier stages of planning. To achieve success, it's crucial for adult learners to have all the essential resources, support,...
Read MoreJune 22: Assessing Essential Skills as a Form of CPL
Imagine leveraging a credit for prior learning model that accelerates students’ degree pathways, reduces cost, and provides valuable feedback on essential workplace skills! Strayer University will...
Read MoreJune 1: Closing Skills Gaps with Talent Pipelines
Micro-credentialing and Digital Badging is a growing movement, attractive for its flexibility and efficiency in connecting students with careers and jobs. Industry-specific micro-credential and...
Read MoreMay 18: Immersive Science Courses
In this session, we aim to answer the central question, "How do you include immersive science learning experiences in an online, self-paced college course with no live instructor?" You’ll hear from a...
Read MoreApril 27: Students’ Lived Experiences in Transferring Credits: New Empirical Research
Empirical research, conducted by UPCEA and StraighterLine, identifies students’ lived experiences and perceptions regarding transferring institutions. As schools work with students to achieve their...
Read MoreApril 13: Cambridge Assessment International Education - Advanced Academics for All Students
As of 2022, there are as more US high school students enrolled in a Cambridge Advanced AS or A Level course as there are IB students. Despite these increases, many institutions are still unfamiliar...
Read MoreFireside Chat with Earl Buford and Dr. George Pruitt, author of From Protest to President: A Social Justice Journey through the Emergence of Adult Education and the Birth of Distance Learning
Dr. Pruitt, president emeritus of Thomas Edison State University, former executive vice president of CAEL, and author of 'From Protest to President, a Social Justice Journey through the Emergence of...
Read MoreJan 19: Advancing Equity through Assessment
The higher education landscape today is not only being held accountable for a return on investment, but is being looked to as an equalizer and catalyst for equitable learning student success. At the...
Read MoreCredit for Prior Learning at CUNY: A New Policy for Existing (and Evolving) Practice
What happens to longstanding college-level Credit for Prior Learning programs when a university system adopts new policy? As the City University of New York (CUNY) works to implement its new...
Read MoreUnderstanding and Using Your Data on Adult Learners
In higher education, we often have more data than we know what to do with. Despite this, don't let important data about adult learners sit on a shelf!
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