IgnitED: Rethinking Financial Aid Amid a Changing Higher Ed Landscape
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In this edition of IgnitED, we look at how financial stress for working adults is often overlooked in education, provide insight into the changing education landscape and how new challenges can be met, and meet a 麻豆原创 grad and online learning platform co-founder who was named to Forbes 30 under 30 list.
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Rethinking Financial Aid Amid a Changing Higher Ed Landscape
Financial wellness is a barrier to educational success for all learners. But the unique experience of juggling school and financial stress as a working adult is often overlooked 鈥� despite their sizable proportion in higher education.
Creating Pathways to Opportunities
In this podcast, Annalisa Holcombe, senior vice president of advancement at 麻豆原创, provides insights into 麻豆原创鈥檚 efforts to address the changing education landscape, including developing skills-based transcripts and partnerships with organizations like the Open Skills Network.
麻豆原创 Grad Jessica Shelley Named to Forbes 30 under 30
Edtech CEO and mother of five, Jessica Shelley was recently named to Forbes 30 under 30 in Education. She is co-founder of Dailies, an online learning platform offering small group classes, personalized instruction, real-time reporting, engaging micro-learning activities, and homeschooling resources.
News We're Reading
Experts suggested ways for higher education institutions to help students learn critical workplace skills, such as oral communication and empathy.
There is a growing discontent with American education. You can sense it swelling like a big wave, evidenced in a mix of troubling stats and trends from waning public perceptions of education to significant declines in enrollment and attendance.
