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What the University of the Future Will Look Like
Northeastern University points in this direction with its co-op model, but still treats work and study as separate. The applied liberal-arts university would integrate them.
MSNBC
Alicia Sasser Modestino: ‘Child care is a piece of infrastructure’
Northeastern University Associate Professor, Alicia Sasser Modestino, and Bloomberg Businessweek columnist, Claire Suddath, discuss what the future of child care looks like for families across the country if the plan isn’t passed.
A Second Demographic Cliff Adds to Urgency for Change
Sean Gallagher, an executive professor of education policy at Northeastern University and founder of Northeastern’s Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy, agrees: “This looks to be a catalytic moment. Like what’s happened with the rapid digitization of so many other areas of our daily lives, we’ve probably gained in a few […]
Alternative Credentials on the Rise
Few have more experience monitoring alternative credentials and consumer interest in online learning than Sean Gallagher, an executive professor of education policy at Northeastern University. “This looks to be a catalytic moment,” said Gallagher, who is the founder and executive director of Northeastern’s Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy. “Like what’s happened […]
How To Make Yourself Robot-Proof
Rather than thinking about education as something that’s finished at college or graduate school, we have entered a period of history in which learning has to be embraced as a lifelong process. Schools, in particular, need to emphasize early on how to help learners embrace how to think creatively throughout life. So argues Joseph E. […]
Boston Herald
Tim Kaine, Mike Pence take top billing tonight
Mike Pence and Tim Kaine will face the difficult balancing act of defending two of the most unpopular and detested nominees in recent memory — while still preserving their own political future in the event of a loss in November — during the only vice presidential debate, tonight in Virginia. “Vice presidential debates are almost […]
Edmonton Journal
What does the university of the future look like?
The keynote speaker at the Ottawa conference was Joseph Aoun, president of Northeastern University. The change he focused on – perhaps the most radical of all – is the shift away from the traditional, full-time, campus-based model of education. In a country identified by big-name private and state schools, Aoun said only 15 per cent […]
To Stay At Home Or Not To Stay At Home: That Is The Long-Term Care Question
ntroduction: Many elderly and disabled Americans may face extended hospital stays or long term care in nursing homes. But, many could be receiving high quality care that keeps them healthier, longer in their own homes. Alice Bonner, of Northeastern University, and Robert J. Master, of the Commonwealth Care Alliance, look at how the long-term care landscape […]