Keeping College Relevant

Some recent findings from a Gates Foundation Study provide a wakeup call for higher education.  They show that people want more information about and access to multiple education pathways after high school. Further, students want outcomes that support emotional and mental health, as well as financial stability. Higher education’s sluggish response to this cultural shift has led some to seek out alternate paths beyond the walls of higher ed, like YouTube.  Yes, YouTube.  It’s not that more traditional pathways don’t exist;  it’s that higher ed masks them behind an unnecessarily complex wall of terminology that frustrates and ultimately disaffects potential students.  Wake up, higher ed!

EdUp Insights with Bill Pepicello is part of the EdUp Experience Podcast Network