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What happens when the ‘hybrid college’ goes virtual?
PelotonU, a pioneer of the hybrid college, is rethinking its approach in the wake of the pandemic. We talked to the nonprofit's co-founders about what has proven essential (coaching, and a lot of it) and what is open to change.
Unbundled, online ed was going to revolutionize college—could it still?
We talk with Burck Smith, founder of StraighterLine, about why the online course revolution hasn't materialized—and why he believes it still will.
Why Achieving the Dream will expand focus to economic mobility
Community college nonprofit that was one of the pioneers of the student success movement is now shifting its focus to include social and economic mobility. We talked with the group's CEO about why.
One college’s hope for a new accreditor focused on career outcomes
Texas State Technical College, a leader in focusing on employability, is working with an upstart accreditor focused on career outcomes. We talked with the college's leader about why.
A playbook for workforce development policy
America Achieves unveils a policy playbook to help state and local governments decide how to best spend federal aid from last year’s $1.9T American Rescue Plan. We talked with the group's CEO about its recommendations.
‘Learning in the flow of work’
We talk with researchers at Northeastern's Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy about their recent research on workplace learning and what employers want from college partners.
A conversation with Wake Forest’s Andy Chan
Andy Chan touched a nerve almost a decade ago when he argued in a TEDx talk that "career services must die." Since then, his ideas have gone mainstream. We caught up with him about what's changed for career development and what's next.
What wraparound supports are most important? It’s all the things, together
Chicago-based One Million Degrees has a proven track record of providing quality holistic supports. Outgoing CEO Paige Ponder talked to Work Shift about what the organization has learned through time and research, and why it's so hard to scale.
A ‘Skills-Denominated’ Learning and Work Model
Western Governors University graduated nearly 50,000 last year. WGU president Scott Pulsipher talks with us about policies that can help expand access for working learners and whether CBE might finally have its moment.
Building the ‘60-year curriculum’ on short credentials
The Univ. of Washington is a national research university and one of the top degree producers—yet it’s betting big on a lifelong-learning curriculum based on short credentials. Work Shift talks with the head of the university’s Continuum College about that move.