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How to Develop a Higher Ed Value Proposition That Targets Adult Learners

MindMax

Looking to grow enrollments for your school’s adult education programs? In our conversations with higher education leaders, we’ve learned that an adult learner’s values and goals are much different from a college freshman’s , and a school’s more standard value proposition isn’t going to resonate with this audience.

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3 Key Themes at the CFES Brilliant Pathways Conference

MindMax

Leaders in education, business, government, and philanthropy (plus 100 students!) You might be wondering why someone like me, whose company focuses on higher education marketing and enrollment , would attend a K-12 conference. MindMax shares this focus on creating pathways , in the context of continuing education and higher ed.

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Higher Education, Technology, and A Growing Social Anxiety

Higher Education Inquirer

Elites are reestablishing a more brutal world, hearkening back to previous centuries--a world the Higher Education Inquirer has been observing and documenting since 2016. 2U , Guild Education , and a number of online robocolleges reflected the neoliberal promise of higher education and online technology.

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Civic universities must engage adult learners

HEPI

Last month, alongside her announcement that tuition fees would be increased in line with inflation, Secretary of State for Education Bridget Phillipson wrote to universities setting out her priorities for higher education reform. Adult education appears to have psychological benefits too.

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Bridging Further and Higher Education: Building a Truly Tertiary Education System

HEPI

Dr Katerina Kolyva is Chief Executive Officer of The Education and Training Foundation. Post-16 education in England is at a pivotal moment, with increasing efforts to create a more integrated and collaborative system.

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Working-class kids are being denied a second chance at education | Letters

The Guardian - Higher Education

What is an even greater scandal than student debt and collapsing apprenticeships is that adult education, which used to give people a second chance to gain GCSEs and A-levels or vocational qualifications suited to their aspirations, is now virtually nonexistent. Continue reading.

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Four Powerful Practices to Promote Student Success 

Faculty Focus

Research has shown that compassion in education can lead to improved student motivation, reduced anxiety, and enhanced learning outcomes (Goleman, 2011). Benson, EdD, is a long term educator who has always placed service to the teaching profession first in her career. For the following 30 years, she was faculty in higher education.

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