Performance has always been a quintessential indicator of the success and sustainability of any organization, business, or otherwise. The same applies even to educational institutions. If you’re a dean or a provost at a university or a college, you must be aware of the key performance indicators such as the enrollment, graduation, and retention…
Teaching is as much about understanding as it is about making others understand. A teacher, regardless of how talented and knowledgeable he might be, cannot teach a student if the student is not convinced of the value of what they are learning. In fact, this is the basis for all adult learning. Unless you’re a…
You’re probably reading this for the umpteenth time, but it cannot be said enough that academic success cannot necessarily equate to career success. Although getting good grades in graduating exams is a good indicator of college study skills, organizational ability, and learning capacity, but for your students to have truly successful and fulfilling careers,…
You’ve probably heard it said (or seen it written) a thousand times already, that learning is a lifelong process. It doesn’t apply only to students – leaders, engineers, doctors, scientists, businessmen, and even teachers and educators themselves must view learning as a continuous process (if they want to achieve sustained success, that is). Learning is…
Are community colleges beginning to lose relevance among employers? How do community colleges respond to stringent government policies? How do community colleges know what skills the employers want? How can they prepare their students for a dynamic job market? Are community colleges using data analysis in education? Find the answers to these and many more…
Without a curriculum that’s thought through, the smooth running of universities and colleges is impossible to imagine. As the development of syllabus is a daunting process, it is handed over to the most responsible authority in a university – the provost. Curriculum designers, course planners, and educators, all assist a provost in creating an impactful…
Universities always aim to create tough, relevant, and inclusive curriculums that will serve as a solid foundation to provide the best education for students. A lot of effort is put into identifying courses and skills that are most pertinent to the current job market trends and employer expectations. For instance, educators, at one point, realized…
Every time a new trend, a new invention, some innovation, or some geopolitical turn of events occur, the job market gets recast. And each time the market recasts, the demand for a new skill set at work emerges. So, if universities are creating curriculums and forgetting to update them, then it’s a sheer blunder, to…
Student attrition rate is on a rise, indicating that it’s high time universities took concrete steps to fix the issue. Guesswork and predictions backed with no research cannot be relied upon when dealing with something as valuable as student career. A couple of pioneering universities, therefore, resorted to a more credible and apt-for-the-time method for…
One-third of Americans regret major life decisions, which includes the university they chose, the career they ended up in, and the workplaces they joined. Even though universities in America have dedicated career guides on campus, we still see a significant number of Americans unhappy with their profession. Something is missing here, right? To help students…