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Upskilling: The Next Revolution in Higher Education

Upskilling: The Next Revolution in Higher Education

In a business context, upskilling refers to how we teach employees new skills. When we talk about upskilling at All Campus, we’re thinking about the bigger picture. On a large scale, upskilling refers to students and employees putting heightened emphasis on rapid career and practical skill development.

Just as online learning made it possible to go to school from anywhere, the growing market for graduate, non-credit and professional certificate programs will push flexibility even further.

For students, shorter non-credit courses and certificate programs provide more opportunities to develop skills and advance their knowledge in smaller blocks of time and lower cost.

According to Strada Education, 65% of the U.S. workforce does not have a four-year degree and, as more people question the value of degree programs in general, micro-credentials and other alternative education options are bound to generate long-term momentum.

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more on upskilling in this blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=upskilling

online education is the future

Colorado State U. Global’s provost says online education is the future

 

In the U.S., the percentage of undergraduate students taking at least one course online grew from 15% in 2004 to 43% in 2016, a 2018 study from the National Center for Education Statistics found.

CSU Global last week launched Direct Path Education, a new program centered on industry-specific education that allows students to transfer their credits toward a degree or earn certificates and professional certifications. The six-week courses add to a growing trend in the U.S. as many workers who lost their jobs following the pandemic search for new opportunities.

My note: this article in conjunction with the “global upskilling”: https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2021/02/11/global-upskilling-and-universities/

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more on online ed in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=online+education