Collaborating for the Future: Employer Partnerships and Credential Innovation
UPCEA members are often the advocates and aggregators for credential innovation on their campuses, as those flexible learning opportunities are often noncredit or certificate-centric, and usually online, avenues pioneered by our online and professional community. To help institutions better advocate for the resources needed for a successful, holistic micro-credentialing strategy, UPCEA engaged in a grant-funded…
2024 UPCEA MEMS Award Recipients Announced
40 Recipients Chosen For Three Award Categories WASHINGTON, D.C., September 27, 2024 — UPCEA, the online and professional education association, has announced the recipients of the 2024 Excellence in Enrollment Management Award, the Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness in Marketing, Enrollment, and Student Success Award, and the Excellence in Marketing Award. All three awards…
Reporting Deadline on GE and FVT Pushed to 2025 | Policy Matters (September 2024)
Major Updates Reporting Deadline on GE and FVT Pushed to 2025 The Department of Education (ED) has announced a further delay in the reporting deadline for Gainful Employment (GE) and Financial Value Transparency (FVT) until early 2025. Initially extended to October 1, 2024, the deadline has now been pushed to January 15, 2025. This follows…
New Resource – Digital Accessibility Requirements For Online Learning | Policy Matters (August 2024)
Major Updates Digital Accessibility Requirements For Online Learning | UPCEA Primers + Insights – NEW How Disability Anti-Discrimination Laws Impact Online Courses and Programs Across UPCEA’s membership and higher education more broadly, every individual plays an important role in fostering inclusive environments. Digital accessibility is not just a regulatory requirement but a cornerstone of inclusive…
How higher-ed is accelerating the growth of credential innovation (eCampus News)
“A new higher-ed playbook aims to accelerate the development and delivery of non-credit, short-term credentials that are effectively directed at the workplace. Building Capacity, Expanding Pathways: Accelerating the Growth of Credential Innovation in Higher Education, from online and professional education association UPCEA and supported by a grant from Walmart, features lessons learned and promising practices…
These 10 schools found their footing creating quality alternative credentials (University Business)
Senior leadership is beginning to view alternative credentials as a fundamental aspect of their enrollment strategy—and accreditors are listening. But costs, opaque data and unfruitful corporate outreach efforts have prevented colleges and universities from implementing the programs at scale, to name a few barriers. Institutions looking to solidify their non-degree micro-credential and digital badge strategy can model solutions from…
The Job – Open Tabs: Noncredit Microcredentials (Work Shift)
“While colleges are increasingly interested in alternative credentials, higher education lacks consistent processes for developing and pricing noncredit, short-term credentials, according to UPCEA. The group’s new playbook for accelerating growth in the space includes case studies on the development of noncredit microcredentials by 10 universities, which represent a wide range of sizes, geographies, and institution types.” Read more.
UPCEA Announces 2024 Diversity in Leadership Scholars
UPCEA is pleased to announce the 2024 cohort of Bethaida “Bea” González Diversity in Leadership Scholars. Representative and diverse leadership is a cornerstone of UPCEA’s Commitment to Diversity and Inclusive Excellence. The goal of the Diversity Scholars program is to equip diverse professionals at any stage of their career with the skills and knowledge needed…
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Professional, Continuing, and Online Education Update by UPCEA
- Advantages of Equipping Students With the Leading AI Tools - Carly Walker, EdTech
- The AI Efficiency Trap: When Productivity Tools Create Perpetual Pressure - Cornelia C. Walther
- How Educators Run the Internet - Internet Society
- Microsoft Says Its New AI System Diagnosed Patients 4 Times More Accurately Than Human Doctors - Will Knight, Wired
- Does AI Limit Our Creativity?- Seb Murray, Knowledge at Wharton
- CIOs are ahead of the game: 5 tech trends for 2030 and beyond - Chad Williams, University Business
- Character is key: Leadership excellence in the public sector - Jon Spaner, Julia Klier, and Roland Dillon with Elizabeth Murray, McKinsey
- What today’s new college graduates are up against - Rachel Cohen Booth, Vox
- Why the traditional college major may be holding students back in a rapidly changing job market - John Weigand, the Conversation
- Google embraces AI in the classroom with new Gemini tools for educators, chatbots for students, and more - Sarah Perez, TechCrunch
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