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‘Universities must engage in lifelong learning’ – UNESCO

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David Atchoarena, director of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning , called on universities to engage with continuing and adult education at the first Global Lifelong Learning Summit held in Singapore in November. . “As What is lifelong learning? And we have precious few natural resources, if any.

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UC program seeks to re-enroll adults who stopped out

Inside Higher Ed

Susan Catron, dean of continuing and professional education at UC Davis, said the degree completion push builds on her department’s previous efforts to support a range of students. workers lacking education credentials risk being left behind in the twenty-first century economy.”

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In the search for jobs, should disadvantaged students behave more like middle-class students … or should the labour market change?

HEPI

Plato around a seminar table this ain’t Wildavsky usefully nails the idea that higher education is contrary to skills-based learning, noting that even the ‘land-grant institutions’ founded in the US over a century ago provide practical experience. The fact it is meshed together has just made it confusing, messy and unhelpful.’ Many (most?)

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At a time when the Latino population in the United States is growing and students are still facing daunting obstacles, Excelencia in Education is recognizing nine institutions for their clear and decisive commitment to Latino student success with the Seal of Excelencia. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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EAB Strategic Advisory Services Extends Breadth and Depth of Coverage

EAB

Blogs EAB Strategic Advisory Services Extends Breadth and Depth of Coverage The challenges facing higher education have become increasingly complex and interconnected over the past 15 years and in many cases require the collective action of multiple cabinet leaders and divisions to make progress.

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SRHE News on Publishing: reports from April 2023

SRHE

Jack Grove had reported for Times Higher Education on 15 March 2023 that analysis by economist Paolo Crosetto (National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, France) showed “the number of MDPI’s special issues continued to rise sharply in 2022. In 2022, 17,777 special issues published content.”

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Here’s how to engage your alumni and facilitate lifelong learning

EAB

These alumni benefits fall into three major categories: educational, continued student services, and networking and community building. 8 Benefits and Tactics for Long-term Alumni Engagement Educational Benefits Most relevant to graduates’ initial relationship to the university are educational benefits.