SXSW EDU 2021
How to Regulate a Radical Rethink of Higher Ed
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The four-year degree was designed for the first opportunity; today’s learners need options for the next. Employers are increasingly focusing on the skills they need, not necessarily a degree. Breakthrough innovations are emerging: microcredentials, skills-based curriculum, and alternative funding models. But how does traditional higher ed policy intersect with a future in which learning is lifelong? What are the key elements of a new policy framework for investing in human potential?
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Takeaways
- Understand the one-size-fits-all path from high school to a four-year degree to a lifelong career in one field isn’t the reality anymore.
- Learn how policymakers, institutions, and the private sector can partner to enable lifelong learning.
- Learn what policies are needed to build a new workforce development system that is designed to meet the needs of today’s dynamic economy.
Speakers
- Amy Laitinen, Director, Higher Education, New America
- Alana Dunagan, Director Higher Education and Workforce Policy, Western Governors University
Organizer
Melissa Mitton, Senior Manager, Public Relations, Western Governors University
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