{"id":70828,"date":"2020-05-22T15:37:26","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T19:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=70828"},"modified":"2020-05-22T15:48:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T19:48:02","slug":"reflections-on-shaping-the-future-of-post-secondary-education-cherrytree-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2020\/05\/22\/reflections-on-shaping-the-future-of-post-secondary-education-cherrytree-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on “Shaping the Future of Post-Secondary Education” [cherrytree.com]"},"content":{"rendered":"

RESEARCH REPORT: Shaping the Future of Post-Secondary Education <\/strong><\/a>— from cherrytree.com; with thanks to Ryan Craig for this resource
\nA Time of Transformation in Post-Secondary Education and the American Workforce.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Excerpts:<\/em>
\nThe objective of this paper is to:<\/p>\n

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  1. Analyze the current \u201cforever changed\u201d moment for both the post-secondary sector and American workforce; and<\/li>\n
  2. Provide insights and ideas for post-secondary education leaders, employers, policymakers and investors based on my analysis.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    …
    \nFirst and foremost, only growth mindsets will work in this environment.
    \n…
    \nOnline programs will continue to grow.
    \n…
    \nHigher education institutions must permanently reduce their fixed costs.<\/p>\n

    Accreditors are going to have to become more tolerant of new models. Accreditors were created to provide self-regulation and a system of peer-review that leads to continuous improvement. Along the way, they were asked to become arbiters of quality in higher education as a condition for federal financial aid eligibility. The structural incentives for accreditors create conditions for them to avoid risk and be conservative. This will not serve society well in the months and years ahead. They will have to embrace innovation or alternatives to traditional accreditation needed.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Faster, less expensive programs with easily understood learning outcomes which are directly tied to employment will be in increasing demand.<\/p>\n

    \n

    From DSC:<\/span><\/em>
    \nSome graphics come to mind — yet again.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    \"Learning<\/p>\n

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    But this time, those folks who haven’t been listening or who thought *they<\/em>* were in control all along, are finally being forced <\/em>to wake up and look around at the world and the new landscapes. They are finally coming to the realization that they are not in control.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    Innovation. Speed. Responsiveness. Quick decision making. These things are tough for many institutions of traditional higher education; there will have to be massive<\/em> cultural changes. Bringing down the cost of obtaining a degree has to occur...or the backlash against higher ed will continue to build momentum.<\/span><\/strong><\/span> Consider just a couple of recent lawsuits.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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    RESEARCH REPORT: Shaping the Future of Post-Secondary Education — from cherrytree.com; with thanks to Ryan Craig for this resource A Time of Transformation in Post-Secondary Education and the American Workforce. Excerpts: The objective of this paper is to: Analyze the current \u201cforever changed\u201d moment for both the post-secondary sector and American workforce; and Provide insights […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[415,61,174,86,209,115,302,112,200,57,823,324,159,72,37,36,35,178,3,419,180,825,102,7,510,239,62,431,44,206,321,214,367,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accreditation","category-business-side-of-he","category-career-development","category-change","category-changing-business-models","category-colleges","category-community-colleges","category-corporate-business-world","category-corporate-universities","category-cost-of-getting-a-degree","category-credentialing","category-curriculum","category-dangers-of-the-status-quo","category-daniel-s-christian","category-future","category-future-of-higher-education","category-game-changing-environment","category-generational-differences","category-higher-education","category-ideas-teaching","category-innovation","category-law-schools","category-learning","category-learning-ecosystem","category-learning-from-the-living-class-room","category-new-business-models","category-online-learning","category-organizational-change","category-pace-of-change","category-trends","category-united-states","category-universities","category-vendors","category-vision-possibilities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70828"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70838,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70828\/revisions\/70838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}