Higher Education at the Crossroads

whitePaper | January 4, 2023

By building Circle U., the seven partner universities – soon nine – have agreed to combine their expertise, experience and knowledge to play a central role in Europe and beyond. As stated in the mission statement of our alliance, by 2025, Circle U. will be an inclusive, research-intensive and interdisciplinary European university that will develop new competencies, new ideas and new solutions for keeping Europe and our planet healthy, peaceful, democratic and prosperous

whitePaper | August 16, 2022

For some time now I have been discussing capability with people in HR, people in L&D, and people with chief executive responsibilities in both the public and private sectors. What I have found remarkable is the lack of consistency in how people use the word capability.

whitePaper | August 24, 2022

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic sent schools online, the growing presence of technology in classrooms has moved student safety and privacy topics to the forefront of conversations in districts across the country. Access to devices and the internet has created countless opportunities for enhancing learning, creating efficiencies for educators, and multiplying resources available to school communities — but the internet is a vast and varied place. The need for online safety is especially clear when considering the U.S. Surgeon General’s advisory highlighting the urgency of the nation’s youth mental health crisis.

whitePaper | September 30, 2020

Change in education tends to focus on the systems level. This makes sense. Policymakers have to ensure that reforms address the needs of massive numbers of children, and teachers need clear strategic direction and deep research upon which to base their work. Yet if the theories and research are to be meaningful, these initiatives need to be taken up by teachers as everyday practice.

whitePaper | April 30, 2022

Online learning has seen a dramatic increase in popularity over the past decade as more and more businesses look to find a learning and development strategy that is suitable for them.

whitePaper | August 25, 2022

The education landscape has always seen change, with each new generation of students and their varying yearly achievement prompting the need for constant reevaluation of schools’ approaches. Recent years, however, have seen seismic shifts, leading educators to question every aspect of their profession, likely more than at any other time in their careers.