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News, Views and Insights Across The Work and Learn Divide

15Apr
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Empowering Today’s Learners and Workers with Due Credentials

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By Lara K. Couturier, principal at HCM Strategists and Christine Flanagan, president, Kinetic Seeds. The COVID-19 crisis has produced record levels of unemployment, disrupted student learning on an unprecedented scale and laid bare the structural racism that leads to highly inequitable outcomes in areas such as health, education and economic opportunity. Even before the current […]
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01Apr
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Shared Vulnerability During Crisis

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A Challenge or an Opportunity for Equity in Postsecondary Education? The lens through which we see the world changes during times of crisis, and never more so than what’s happening in our world right now amidst the global pandemic of COVID-19. This virus does not discriminate. It attacks the young and the old, the rich […]
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20Sep
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A Student View of Quality in Education

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Dear Students of America, Did you know that there are 334,000+ unique credentials and 500,000+ programs in the U.S. alone? Your range of educational options is limitless. Whether you are 18-, 28- or 58-years old, there’s never been a better time to be a student today, to discover your passion, to explore your interests, to […]
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17Sep
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We Need More Bridges

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A call for action to help people, policies, and practices cross the chasm of inequity I distinctly remember asking my calculus teacher in a sudden outburst following 40 minutes of sheer confusion and frustration what on earth I would ever need to know this stuff for.  He stumbled a bit on the answer at first, […]
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02Sep
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We’re Growing! A Warm Welcome to Our New Chief Experience Officer

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“I can’t think of a more exciting role for me right now. I get to learn and be inspired by trailblazers in social systems working tirelessly to make the world a better place while bringing a depth and breadth of experience from all that I have learned. It’s perfect.” Kinetic Seeds is excited to announce […]
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05Aug
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Design Out Bias. Design in Justice.

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METHODS TO ADVANCE NEW MESSAGING IN AN AGE OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION Despite good intentions, unconscious bias permeates how we communicate – from the words we choose to the images we feature. From the patriarchal tone that implies “confidence” to racial constructions in the imagination that limit everyday encounters with people different from us […]
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04Jun
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Modern Advocacy in an Age of New Power

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We’ve been doing a lot of work over the past few years supporting postsecondary advocates looking to effect policy changes for today’s students. It’ll come as no surprise that many voice concerns about the lack of time, resources, and capability available to them. This got us thinking. Where are the modern approaches to advocacy? Have […]
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09Oct
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Toolkit Tuesday: The Opportunity Space

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Truth be told, we’re not big fans of brainstorming sessions. You know the kind: you’re forced to sit at a table with a group of people you don’t know, given a whiteboard or flip chart and asked: “come up with ideas to catalyze the future of work.” Everyone looks to the other, hoping someone will […]
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29Aug
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2018: The Year of Work / Learn Futures

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We recently took a moment to reflect on the number of presentations and workshops we’ve done this year. Turns out most have been related to the future of work + learn. Here are some highlights: Designing the Learning Ecosystem of the Future Interested in running a workshop on platform design? Want to dig deeper into […]
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