3 ways higher ed can make credit transfer work for learners
In higher ed, seamless credit transfer still feels like a pipe dream. Here are 3 ways innovators are turning a pipe dream into a dream pipeline.
Oct 15, 2020
Topics: Higher Education
Creating a positive-sum education system could stop students from running a rat race to nowhere
In a positive-sum system, students might stop trying to get into school to be their best and instead enroll to help them be their most unique.
Oct 8, 2020
Helping students make new friends during COVID is possible. Two programs show how.
Some organizations show how relationship-centered designs can create new online programs—and student friendships—to outlast COVID-19.
Oct 7, 2020
Facebook Campus: Repeating history misses the mark on students’ futures
Campus could be a fresh start for Zuckerberg to experiment with new algorithms aimed at furnishing college students with a range of supportive, inspiring, career-expanding connections. Will it? Probably not.
Sept 16, 2020
Bold higher education reform will require a better kind of accountability
New Jersey is taking a closer look at baby bonds as one way to reduce inequities. But such bold reforms could fall well short of their promise under the current higher education accountability system.
Sept 11, 2020
Adaptive mentoring can support students through the pandemic—even online
One online advising model is flexing to support students during a year of turbulence and unknowns.
Sept 8, 2020
‘A failure to thrive’: Closing a college
Amidst COVID-19, many colleges are at risk of closing—especially small ones. What's it like to be the president and close your institution?
Aug 20, 2020
Innovators Worth Watching: Vervoe
Could Vervoe, our latest Innovator Worth Watching, and its audition-like hiring model prove disruptive to the recruiting consultant industry?
Aug 18, 2020
New York Fed researchers wrong about gap years
In normal times, many students would benefit from taking a gap year. With the current turmoil on college campuses, that number may be even higher now.
Aug 13, 2020
Reflections on research: The importance of students’ relationships in closing opportunity gaps
Julia Freeland Fisher joins MENTOR’s Reflection on Research podcast to talk about her book, Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations That Expand Students’ Networks and discuss […]
Aug 12, 2020