5 Higher Ed Trends to Watch

whitePaper | March 31, 2023

California’s “alternative schools” are publicly funded schools designed to provide a different educational setting from traditional public schools. Students placed in alternative schools include students who have faced discipline such as expulsion or suspensions of ten or more days in a school year; students impacted by incarceration and probation contact; students with histories of missing school; and students in need of credit recovery. Alternative schools may also enroll high concentrations of students with disabilities, students with experiences in the foster system, and students who have experienced homelessness

whitePaper | March 30, 2022

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whitePaper | October 12, 2022

In the digital age, tech-enabled tools can play a pivotal role in quickly addressing learning needs, while helping students tap into their creativity. And the results are powerful. In fact, research shows that students make significant gains in cognitive skills when their teachers combine technology and creativity in the classroom.1

whitePaper | June 18, 2022

At the time of this writing, The United States Census Bureau states the country’s population is 328.6 million people. An interesting bit of trivia, perhaps, but all the more intriguing when one realizes that 44 million of those people (~13.4 percent) collectively owe $1.5 trillion in student loan debt (Friedman, 2019).

whitePaper | February 4, 2020

The teaching profession is under siege. Working hours for teachers are increasing as student needs become more complex and administrative and paperwork burdens increase. According to a recent McKinsey survey, conducted in a research partnership with Microsoft, teachers are working an average of 50 hours a week1 —a number that the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Teaching and Learning International Survey suggests has increased by 3 percent over the past five years.2

whitePaper | September 9, 2021

As colleges and universities pivoted from live to virtual learning during the pandemic, many quickly defaulted to video conferencing tools.