04Oct

Please Mind the Student Trust Gap

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All students should have access to high-quality educational pathways they want and deserve. But do they trust the system to provide it? There is strong evidence to the contrary. According to a recent survey[1] that measured public trust in the top 135 doctoral research universities, about 35 percent of adult members of Generation Z said they tended not […]

19Sep

A Framework for Strengthening Student Voice and Engagement

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Who has better insight into what new majority learners need and seek from higher education institutions to thrive than students themselves? Today’s majority learners bring a diverse and different array of experiences, needs, and ambitions. However, in many regards, the system of higher education is not designed to holistically support these learners due to deeply […]

27Mar

Advancing quality and equity in education beyond high school

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How can we advance quality and equity in education beyond highschool? THE OVERALL IDEA Can a group of diverse and influential stakeholders come together and be “all in” on a model to assure quality and equity of any and all postsecondary credentials? Can this model demonstrate what quality credentials look like, what it takes to […]

27Mar

Creating pathways to better work and learn pathways

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How can we create better work + learn pathways? Kinetic Seeds teamed up with Strada Education Network and best-selling author Jeff Selingo on a four-city tour gathered local, state, and regional education leaders, key business executives, and top policymakers to consider and design new pathways for a 21st Century education system and workforce. Why? American higher education is really at a critical juncture […]

27Mar

Aligning K-12 and postsecondary competency-based education models

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What is the future of competency-based education? ALIGNING K-12 AND POSTSECONDARY COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION MODELS Kinetic Seeds teamed up with Lumina Foundation and KnowledgeWorks to conceptualize what it means to create a seamless competency-based education (CBE) system. CBE is an emerging academic delivery model demonstrating promising student outcomes across the country. It is also a relatively new funding arena for […]

27Mar

Putting student voice at the center of innovation in education

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How can we put student voice at the center of innovation in education? THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE BROUGHT TO YOU BY … STUDENTS! What if we put students in the driver’s seat of a new kind of R&D to transform higher education? One that provided a platform for engaging students more fully in a real world effort […]