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Create TAP to Support Non-traditional Students
Edcor
OCTOBER 20, 2016
Barnes and Noble College, a college bookstore business, recently surveyed 100 traditional and 800 non-traditional students to compare their experiences and find ways to help non-traditional students achieve success. The non-traditional students in the survey met one or more criteria: • 25 years of age or older. online student or enrolled in distance education. first-generation students. Finances.
Assistance for Student Loan Repayment is a Valuable Benefit
Edcor
MAY 24, 2016
https:// www.glassdoor.com/blog/ecs-q3- 2015/. Student loan debt is a hot topic among higher education leaders, economists and politicians. It has become an opportunity to propose quick and long-term fixes along with sweeping policy changes. But it is a problem with a solution that can benefit both individuals and the economy. The there are many personal effects of student loan burden.
Americans Value and Need Higher Education
Edcor
APRIL 18, 2016
Americans value higher education. They believe education leads to better jobs and statistics show that people with higher education are healthier, live longer, and are more engaged in their jobs and communities. For several years Lumina Foundation Goal 2025 has been discussed, inspired changes in higher education and presented a dynamic challenge to the United States.
Education of the Future Learning Opportunities Build Success
Edcor
SEPTEMBER 5, 2016
Higher education of the future will be a process more than a product. The University of Virginia Miller Center report Transformations Affecting Postsecondary Education says that postsecondary education will be a platform for lifelong learning with undergraduate education as its starting point. How will higher education of the future students learn? cid=at&utm_.
The Performance Management Storm: Four Macro-Trends Driving the Change
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View Education Through the Lens of Change
Edcor
SEPTEMBER 26, 2016
Like all Septembers, this month has brought us a new season and a new academic year. This particular September is also bringing us challenges in the field of higher education and an opportunity to look at higher education through a new lens. The purpose of higher education is always debated – Is it to prepare students for jobs or is it to deliver a broad base of knowledge?
The Knowledge Economy Demands Continual Education
Edcor
OCTOBER 17, 2016
Today’s economy, with its strengths and weaknesses, is a topic for continual news and discussion. It impacts Americans in many ways beyond financial. One of these ways is in the amount and type of education that Americans need in order to have job success. Americans recognize the impacts this kind of job growth will have on their career and lives.
Demonstrate Mastery in Education of the Future
Edcor
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016
Higher education of the future students will find many ways to demonstrate mastery of knowledge and skills. In a world where higher education is a lifelong process there are many credentials that come before, are added on after, or take the place of a degree. How will higher education of the future students earn credit and demonstrate mastery? link] www.upcea.edu/content.asp?admin=Y&contentid=504.
Talent Management Yields Qualified Employees
Edcor
DECEMBER 14, 2015
Higher education, job openings and the global economy are three components of talent supply affecting businesses today. Business leaders know that to be productive and profitable in a globally competitive economy it is important to have highly qualified employees. The problem for many employers is finding those highly qualified employees. Recent U.S. There are multiple reasons for this skills gap.
The Performance Management Storm: Four Macro-Trends Driving the Change
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Students Earn Credits with Innovative Education Practices
Edcor
OCTOBER 12, 2015
Our physical, scientific, and cultural environments are constantly changing. The challenges that come with these changes can only be met with education. Education is how people learn to adapt. Now, the challenge for colleges and universities is to respond to the change to meet students’ needs. These help students advance on their educational path. Innovative Models and New Microcredentials.
Being Thankful for Higher Education and its Benefits
Edcor
NOVEMBER 30, 2015
The topic of higher education invites discussion about disruption and innovation, calls for problem solving about how to meet the needs of diverse student groups, and is fraught with controversy over debt and graduation rates. In spite of all this there is much to be thankful for regarding higher education. The United States higher education system. In 2013 there were 17.5 Online Education.
Higher Education Reform has Wide Impacts
Edcor
JULY 18, 2016
Higher education discussions always include the need for reform. Whether the topic is access, attainment or tuition costs, all stakeholders recognize that reforms will help students succeed, and put the US on track for increasing attainment rates. Last Monday the US House of Representatives passed five bi-partisan higher education bills to update portions of the Higher Education Act.
Engaged Students and Employees Benefit Business
Edcor
NOVEMBER 23, 2015
Numerous studies show that highly engaged employees are more productive. A key element of engagement creates ownership of tasks and a sense of value. The 2015 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) “Engagement Insights” shows a similar effect with students and their education. The experiences and attitudes of engaged employees and engaged students parallel each other.
Many Share Nontraditional Student Experience
Edcor
JULY 11, 2016
Nontraditional students sit in classes next to traditional students. In fact, it’s difficult to define the typical college student today. They aren’t necessarily the students living on campus. Of the 20 million students in the United States about one in 10 lives on campus. Nontraditional Student Barriers. Long term postsecondary part-time enrollment. 3. Single parent status. 7.
Tuition Assistance Complements Education Trends
Edcor
JANUARY 11, 2016
Whether new practices in higher education are labeled innovative, disruptive or alternative, one thing is certain: higher education is dynamic and the changes reach beyond the classroom. Being aware of the predictions for 2016 and watching trends in higher education presents an opportunity for businesses to be sure their tuition benefits complement current education practices.
DQP Sets Standards for Business TAP
Edcor
APRIL 13, 2015
As the economy improves businesses grow and need to hire qualified employees. Often employers say that jobs go unfilled because they can’t find qualified workers and college graduates don’t have the necessary skills. The Degree Qualifications Profile (DQP) helps to bridge the gap between what students have learned in college and what employers need for their businesses. says Jamie P.
CBE Offers Advantages in Higher Education
Edcor
AUGUST 8, 2016
Competency-based education has gained traction in higher education in recent years. An increasing number of schools are offering CBE programs or are in planning stages of offering CBE. A lot of this interest is in response to issues surrounding higher education such as low attainment rates, student debt, and the need serve a diverse student population. CBE helps students achieve end goals.
Mentoring Increases Value of Tuition Assistance
Edcor
JUNE 1, 2015
Employers and college graduates don’t agree about how prepared the graduates are for the workforce. Generally graduates feel they are more prepared than employers, but that doesn’t mean they are really confident as they start their careers. Mentoring as part of a tuition assistance program benefits new hires as well as more experienced employees. Mentors as Model or Support.
Analytics Helps Develop a Successful Tuition Program
Edcor
FEBRUARY 29, 2016
Analytics informs business decisions, policy decisions, and recently has begun playing a role in higher education decisions. Analytics involves collection and analysis of data, and it proves instrumental in helping institutions of all kinds determine best practices. This month, the consulting and research firm Ithaca S+R published the first edition of a survey about higher education issues.
Disruptions in Higher Education Create Value for Business
Edcor
MARCH 9, 2015
There are many forces that are changing higher education today. Non-traditional students are becoming the norm. The majority of future jobs will require post-secondary education. Baby boomer retirements and current graduation rates are creating a future shortage of qualified workers. great disruption to higher education has been competency-based education. Dr. Michelle R. Cost-Effective Options.
Use Tuition Benefits to Fill Skills Gap
Edcor
APRIL 27, 2015
The greatest need facing businesses today is to find workers with the skills to fill the available jobs. As many as 58 percent of CEOs globally say they are concerned that the skills gap could limit their growth prospects, according to the Jobs For the Future report, “A Resource Guide to Engaging Employers.” One-third of the U.S. High Costs. Career Opportunities.
Increasing Education Enrollment Affects Attainment
Edcor
OCTOBER 26, 2015
Higher education is the key to individual social mobility, economic stability and security. Higher education is also the key to business development, an increased share of the global marketplace, and a stable economy and society. While education completion is the goal, the starting line is to raise higher education enrollment. For U.S. And future attainment rates are as important as current rates.
Close the Skills Gap with Education
Edcor
AUGUST 24, 2015
Reports come on a regular basis from every sector of American business about the skills gap and the brain drain. Business owners say baby boomers are retiring and taking their skills and knowledge with them. Hiring managers says that higher education isn’t giving college graduates the skills they need. It’s not that job candidates were totally unqualified.
Making the Degree Worth the Cost
Edcor
OCTOBER 5, 2015
There was a lot of attention the past week on the “Gallup-Purdue Index 2015 Report Great Jobs, Great Lives. The Relationship Between Student Debt, Experiences and Perceptions of College Worth.” The report presents statistics that show graduates’ perceptions of whether or not their college degree is worth the cost. With the U.S. Gallup-Purdue statistics show that the odds are 1.6 Students were 1.5
Education Closes the Great Divide
Edcor
JULY 4, 2016
Economists, politicians and policy makers in all fields talk about the widening divide in America’s social classes. This divide is increasingly apparent, and growing even wider, in the job market. Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce report America’s Divided Recovery – College Haves and Have-Nots 2016 points out how big a factor postsecondary education plays in this divide.
Growth Mindset Builds Culture of Development
Edcor
MAY 16, 2016
Developing a growth mindset is beneficial at many levels from students in school to employees on the job and companies earning profits. The impact of growth mindset is widespread. At the college level Stanford’s College Perspectives Program teaches students about growth mindset and encourages persistence, motivation and achievement at community colleges.
CBE Changes Higher Education
Edcor
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “One’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.” This poet, philosopher and professor’s words can also apply to institutions. The idea of competency-based education is changing higher education. And it will never be the same as it was. The idea of competency-based education is quickly becoming a tangible practice.
Education and Business Collaboration Benefits All
Edcor
APRIL 6, 2015
Businesses continually need qualified employees. Graduates need meaningful employment in businesses where they can use their newly acquired skills and education. Yet often these two groups can’t meet each other’s needs. Collaboration between higher education institutions and businesses can close this gap which is how the U.S. will maintain a strong workforce and economy. link]. link]. link]. link].
Ed Department Experiment Allows Innovative Partnerships
Edcor
OCTOBER 19, 2015
link] chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/university-run-boot-camps-offer-students-marketable-skills-but-not-course- ). computer-science degree has a depth and a breadth and a rigor that comes with four years and 120-some odd credits.” ([link] chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/university-run-boot-camps-offer-students-marketable-skills-but-not-course- ). Last week the U.S.
Post-learning Process is Integral to Education
Edcor
JULY 6, 2015
When an employee takes a class, finishes the coursework, works on a final project or takes an exam, the learning experience isn’t really over. What happens next has the power to reinforce the learning. Bloom’s taxonomy, well known to educators, is a hierarchy of learning steps. The first step is knowledge. Having employees acquire new knowledge is good.
Tuition Benefits Meet Millennial Needs
Edcor
MARCH 23, 2015
The drive and energy of the largest generation is going to have a strong impact on business. The generation that will fill the new jobs and the needs of businesses is the technology-connected, largest, most diverse, most educated, innovation-seeking Millennials. By 2025 Millennials will make up 75 percent of the workforce. Culture of Teamwork. link]. Support and Appreciation. Innovative Thinking.
Business Investment in Education Grows
Edcor
MARCH 2, 2015
Post-secondary training and higher education is a $1.1 trillion dollar a year venture that involves colleges, universities, government agencies and business. Each of these stakeholders is part of a system that intertwines to educate and train the workforce crucial to economic growth and development. Today, obtaining a degree doesn’t mean that workers have completed their education. pdf ).
Collaboration Increases Workplace Effectiveness
Edcor
JULY 20, 2015
Today’s fast-paced business environment and global marketplace demand speed and agility. Businesses need to be able to respond to demands – or even better be creative enough to foresee changes. company’s ability to adapt or lead depends on its ability to bring out the best in each employee and employees’ collaboration in the workplace. link]. link].
STEM Diversity is Important for Business
Edcor
JULY 13, 2015
As the use of technology and engineering increases in our daily lives, it’s only natural that business and industry world-wide will need more technology workers. Bureau of Labor Statistics says that STEM jobs are projected to increase to nine million jobs by 2022, an increase of one million jobs. To fill these jobs the U.S. needs a larger supply of STEM workers. 2013 U.S. population. percent to 19.5
Sustainable Change Impacts Tuition Assistance Programs
Edcor
FEBRUARY 22, 2016
The word sustainable applies to everything from agriculture to zoos. The idea of maintaining and preserving informs practices in every facet of our lives. The concept of “sustainable change” presents a challenge for continued growth and redefinition, especially when it is applied to higher education. Sustainable change in higher education has far reaching impacts. We can do better.”
Both Pursuing and Completing Higher Education are Important
Edcor
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
2015 Newsletter BlogBy Adrienne Way, Edcor CEO. Now that the new school year is in full swing, the excitement of setting goals, achievement and moving forward is at its height. For many of today’s college students this excitement often means starting school again and picking up the pieces of where their education stopped previously. They are juggling work, family responsibilities and school as they acquire new skills to advance in their careers. 2014 Institute for Women’s Policy Research study shows that more than a quarter of all college students are raising a child.
Economic Growth Adds Cognitive Non-routine Jobs
Edcor
AUGUST 31, 2015
The economic recovery is good news for business, the US economy in general, and for individual job seekers. The economy added 250,000 jobs per month in 2014 and has continued adding jobs in 2015 at the rate of 200,000 per month. Most of these jobs have been “good Jobs” that pay more than $53,000 per year for full-time workers, and offer benefits. million good jobs created, 2.8
TAP Can Create Employees’ Well-being
Edcor
MAY 5, 2015
Adults decide to seek higher education because they believe it will improve their lives and increase their sense of well-being. According to Gallup research 74 percent of Americans believe that higher education will give them a better life and 73 percent believe it is necessary to get a good job. Employees want to be valued. Jones/NCTI White Paper “What Gap? Personal contact creates engagement.
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